刮鬍子

Chinese

		to scrape; to blow	beard, moustache or whiskers; facial hair; bearded man
trad. (刮鬍子)		刮	鬍子
simp. (刮胡子)		刮	胡子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guā húzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua² fu² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat³ wu⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guā húzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gua húzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹ hu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwā hú-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua hwu.tzy
    • Palladius: гуа хуцзы (gua xuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ xu³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gua² fu² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gua fu z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua²¹ fu²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaat³ wu⁴ zi²
    • Yale: gwaat wùh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat⁸ wu⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guad³ wu⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːt̚³ wuː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

刮⫽鬍子 (verb-object)

1. to shave the face
2. (figuratively) to scold; to criticize; to reprimand

Synonyms

• 刮臉／刮脸 (guāliǎn)
• (Hokkien) 髡喙鬚／髡喙须, 髡面, 髡面毛, 磎喙鬚／磎喙须