失口

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (失口)		失	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: shr̄-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shykoou
    • Palladius: шикоу (šikou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ hau²
    • Yale: sāt háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: sit-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitqao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁴¹/

Verb

失口

1. to say what should not be said; to make an improper remark; to put one's foot in one's mouth; to make a slip of the tongue

Synonyms

• 失言 (shīyán)
• 失語／失语 (shīyǔ) (literary)
• 漏喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)
• 漏話／漏话 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 脫喙／脱喙 (Hokkien)
• 落口 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 落喙 (Hokkien)
• 落話／落话 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ)
• 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)