上口字

上口字

Chinese

		to be able to read aloud fluently; to be suitable for reading aloud; to make smooth reading	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (上口字)		上口	字

Examples
千 (ziān, “thousand”) (read as qiān in Standard Mandarin) 臉 (jiǎn, “face”) (read as liǎn in Standard Mandarin) 哥 (guō, “elder brother”) (read as gē in Standard Mandarin)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngkǒuzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄗˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngkǒuzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqkooutzyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

Noun

上口字

1. Chinese characters which are pronounced in Peking opera according to traditional pronunciation conventions (which slightly differ from standard pronunciations)

   • 上口字與相鄰的字連念感到彆扭時，可以不上口。 [MSC, trad.]
     上口字与相邻的字连念感到别扭时，可以不上口。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 28 August 2017, 【唱念做打】关于京剧中的上口字,

     Shàngkǒuzì yǔ xiānglín de zì lián niàn gǎn dào bièniu shí, kěyǐ bù shàngkǒu. [Pinyin]

     When the pronunciation of characters with a traditional operatic pronunciation and that of the adjacent characters cause awkwardness when read in sequence, it is not necessary to use the traditional pronunciation.