止渴

止渴

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	thirsty
simp. and trad. (止渴)		止	渴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² hot³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-hot
• Min Nan (POJ): chí-khat / chí-khoah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐkě [Phonetic: zhíkě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyykee
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² hot³
    • Yale: jí hot
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² hot⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² hod³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ hɔːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-hot
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` hod`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ hod⁵
    • IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ hot̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-khat / chí-khoah
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-khat / tsí-khuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy'qad, cy'qoaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰat̚³²/, /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰat̚⁵/, /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰat̚³²/, /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰat̚³²/, /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰat̚³²/, /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuaʔ³²/

Verb

止渴

1. to quench one's thirst

Derived terms

望梅止渴 (wàngméizhǐkě) 止渴思梅 止渴飲鴆／止渴饮鸩

生津止渴 說梅止渴／说梅止渴 飲鴆止渴／饮鸩止渴 (yǐnzhènzhǐkě)