改口

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (改口)		改	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎikǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-khió / kái-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎikǒu [Phonetic: gáikǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎikǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-kʻou³
    • Yale: gǎi-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaekoou
    • Palladius: гайкоу (gajkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² hau²
    • Yale: gói háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-khió
    • Tâi-lô: kái-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'qioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: kái-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'qao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/

Verb

改口

1. to change one's story; to correct oneself
2. to address someone by a different name
3. to change accent

   以前佢講開美國口音，但係去到英國嘅時候，佢改口講英國口音。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   以前佢讲开美国口音，但系去到英国嘅时候，佢改口讲英国口音。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji⁵ cin⁴ keoi⁵ gong² hoi¹ mei⁵ gwok³ hau² jam¹, daan⁶ hai⁶ heoi³ dou³ jing¹ gwok³ ge³ si⁴ hau⁶, keoi⁵ goi² hau² gong² jing¹ gwok³ hau² jam¹. [Jyutping]

   Before, he used to speak with American accent, but when he goes to UK, he changed to British accent.

Synonyms

• (to address someone by a different name): 變口／变口 (biànkǒu), (Hokkien) 轉喙／转喙