順口

See also: 顺口

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (順口)		順	口
simp. (顺口)		顺	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-khió / sūn-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: shwùn-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennkoou
    • Palladius: шунькоу (šunʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ hau²
    • Yale: seuhn háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-khió
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnqioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnqao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/

Verb

順口

1. to read smoothly
2. to blurt out (without thinking)
3. to suit to suit one's taste; to one's taste (of food)
4. to rhyme

Synonyms

• (to read smoothly): (Hokkien) 順溜／顺溜
• (to suit one's taste):

• 佮喙 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 合喙 (Hokkien)
• 合胃口 (hé wèikǒu)
• 啱口味 (ngaam¹ hau² mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 對口／对口 (duìkǒu)
• 順嘴／顺嘴 (shùnzuǐ) (dialectal)

 

Derived terms

• 順口溜／顺口溜 (shùnkǒuliū)