嘰咕

See also: 叽咕

Chinese

		grumble	an onomatopoeia
trad. (嘰咕)		嘰	咕
simp. (叽咕)		叽	咕
variant forms		唧咕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīgu, jīgū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄐㄧㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gi¹ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīgu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ˙ㄍㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.gu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ g̊u²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄍㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jigu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gi¹ gu¹
  - Yale: gī gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gi¹ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gi¹ gu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kiː⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Verb

嘰咕

to talk in a low voice; to whisper
to mutter, to mumble
to grumble; mumble/mutter complaints
to drip (of liquid)

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