嘰嘰趷趷

嘰嘰趷趷

Chinese

		grumble	grumble	to jolt	to jolt
trad. (嘰嘰趷趷)		嘰	嘰	趷	趷
simp. (叽叽趷趷)		叽	叽	趷	趷
variant forms		嘰嘰乞乞／叽叽乞乞 嘰嘰屹屹／叽叽屹屹 嘰嘰𠺝𠺝／叽叽𠺝𠺝 嘰嘰吃吃／叽叽吃吃 譏譏詰詰／讥讥诘诘 嘰嘰乞乞／叽叽乞乞 嘰嘰屹屹／叽叽屹屹 嘰嘰𠺝𠺝／叽叽𠺝𠺝 嘰嘰吃吃／叽叽吃吃 譏譏詰詰／讥讥诘诘 齮齮齕齕／𬺈𬺈龁龁
AABB-type reduplication of 嘰趷.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gi⁴ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi⁶ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi⁴ gi⁶ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi¹ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gi⁴ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi⁶ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi⁴ gi⁶ gat⁶ gat⁶, gi¹ gi¹ gat⁶ gat⁶
    • Yale: gìh gī gaht gaht, gih gī gaht gaht, gìh gih gaht gaht, gī gī gaht gaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gi⁴ gi¹ gat⁹ gat⁹, gi⁶ gi¹ gat⁹ gat⁹, gi⁴ gi⁶ gat⁹ gat⁹, gi¹ gi¹ gat⁹ gat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gi⁴ gi¹ ged⁶ ged⁶, gi⁶ gi¹ ged⁶ ged⁶, gi⁴ gi⁶ ged⁶ ged⁶, gi¹ gi¹ ged⁶ ged⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kiː²¹ kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː²² kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː²¹ kiː²² kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː⁵⁵ kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/

Verb

嘰嘰趷趷

(Cantonese)

1. to stammer; to stutter
2. to complain and criticize; to be pesky