守口如瓶

Chinese

		to guard	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	as (if); such as	bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher
simp. and trad. (守口如瓶)		守	口	如	瓶
Literally: “to shut one's mouth tight like a bottle.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒukǒurúpíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hau² jyu⁴ ping⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siú-kháu-jû-pân / siú-kháu-jî-pân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒukǒurúpíng [Phonetic: shóukǒurúpíng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukoourupyng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² hau² jyu⁴ ping⁴
  - Yale: sáu háu yùh pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hau² jy⁴ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² heo² yu⁴ ping⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jû-pân
  - Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jû-pân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawju'paan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³⁻³³ pan²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jî-pân
  - Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jî-pân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawji'paan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑi²³⁻³³ pan²³/

Idiom

守口如瓶

to keep one's mouth shut; to remain tight-lipped
放心，我會守口如瓶的 [MSC, trad.]
放心，我会守口如瓶的 [MSC, simp.]
fàngxīn, wǒ huì shǒukǒurúpíng de [Pinyin]
Don't worry, my lips are sealed.

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