口福

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (口福)		口	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒufú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² fuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-hok / khió-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒufú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒufú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-fu²
    • Yale: kǒu-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooufwu
    • Palladius: коуфу (koufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² fuk¹
    • Yale: háu fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-hok
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'hog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-hok
    • Tâi-lô: khió-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'hog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/

Noun

口福

1. the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口福 (“the luck to get something nice to eat; happy knack for chancing upon fine food; gourmet's luck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口福
Mandarin	Taiwan	口福
	Singapore	口福
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食福, 食神
	Hong Kong	口福, 食神
Gan	Nanchang	口福
Hakka	Meixian	食祿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食祿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食祿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食祿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食祿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食福
Huizhou	Jixi	口福
Southern Min	Xiamen	食福
	Quanzhou	食福
	Zhangzhou	食福
	Tainan	食福
	Longyan	食福
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口福

Derived terms

• 大飽口福／大饱口福