吃醋

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	vinegar
trad. (吃醋)		吃	醋
simp. #(吃醋)		吃	醋
Literally: “to eat vinegar”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīcù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ cou³
• Gan (Wiktionary): qiah⁶ cu³
• Jin (Wiktionary): ceh⁴ cu³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷chiq ⁵tshu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihcù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chytsuh
    • Palladius: чицу (čicu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ cou³
    • Yale: hek chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiah⁶ cu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵ t͡sʰu²¹³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceh⁴ cu³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəʔ² t͡sʰu⁴⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq ⁵tshu
    • MiniDict: chih^入 tshu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq ²tshu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴⁴  t͡sʰu³⁴/

Verb

吃⫽醋 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Wu, colloquial) to feel jealous (usually of a rival in love)

Synonyms

• 妒忌 (dùjì)
• 嫉妒 (jídù)

Dialectal synonyms of 吃醋 (“to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃醋
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吃醋
	Singapore	吃醋
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吃醋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	吃醋
	Xining	吃醋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吃醋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	吃醋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呷醋
	Hong Kong	呷醋
	Taishan	呷醋
	Dongguan	呷醋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	呷醋
Gan	Nanchang	吃醋
Hakka	Meixian	食醋
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	食醋
Huizhou	Jixi	吃醋
Jin	Taiyuan	吃醋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	食醋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食醋
Southern Min	Xiamen	食醋
	Quanzhou	食醋
	Zhangzhou	食醋
	Taipei	食醋 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食醋
	Manila (Hokkien)	食醋
	Shantou	食醋
	Haikou	食醋
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	呷醋, 吃醋
Wu	Shanghai	吃醋
	Suzhou	吃醋
	Ningbo	吃醋
	Jinhua	吃醋
Xiang	Loudi	吃醋
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)