喙鬚

Chinese

		beak; to pant	beard; moustache
trad. (喙鬚)		喙	鬚
simp. (喙须)		喙	须
alternative forms		嘴鬚／嘴须

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): chói-chiŭ / ché̤ṳ-siĕu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi-chhiu

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chói-chiŭ / ché̤ṳ-siĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Yongchun, Tong'an, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi-chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì-tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiechiw
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰui¹¹²⁻⁴² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/

Noun

喙鬚

1. (Hokkien, Eastern Min) beard

   髡喙鬚／髡喙须 [Hokkien]  ―  khun chhùi-chhiu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to shave the beard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬍子 (“beard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬍鬚, 鬍子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬍子
	Taiwan	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Harbin	鬍子
	Singapore	鬍鬚
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬍子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬍子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鬍子
	Wanrong	鬍子
	Xi'an	鬍子
	Xining	鬍子
	Xuzhou	鬍子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鬍子
	Ürümqi	鬍子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬍子, 鬍鬍兒
	Wuhan	鬍子
	Guiyang	鬍子
	Guilin	鬍子
	Liuzhou	鬍子, 鬍鬚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鬍子
	Yangzhou	鬍子
	Hefei	鬍子
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	鬍子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬍鬚, 鬚
	Hong Kong	鬍鬚, 鬚
	Taishan	鬚
	Dongguan	鬍, 鬍鬚
	Yangjiang	鬚
Gan	Nanchang	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Lichuan	鬍子
	Pingxiang	鬍子
Hakka	Meixian	鬍鬚, 鬚菇
	Yudu	鬍子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬍鬚, 嘴鬚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬚菇, 嘴鬚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘴鬚
Huizhou	Jixi	鬍子
Jin	Taiyuan	鬍子, 鬍才, 鬍茬茬
	Xinzhou	鬍子, 鬍腮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鬍鬚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喙鬚
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙鬚
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喙鬚
	Quanzhou	喙鬚
	Jinjiang	喙鬚
	Yongchun	喙鬚
	Zhangzhou	喙鬚
	Taipei	喙鬚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙鬚
	Kaohsiung	喙鬚
	Yilan	喙鬚
	Changhua (Lukang)	喙鬚
	Taichung	喙鬚
	Tainan	喙鬚
	Hsinchu	喙鬚
	Kinmen	喙鬚
	Penghu (Magong)	喙鬚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喙鬚
	Manila (Hokkien)	喙鬚
	Chaozhou	鬚
	Shantou	鬚
	Jieyang	鬚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鬍子, 鬍鬚
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鬍
Wu	Shanghai	牙鬚, 鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鬍子
	Suzhou	鬍鬚, 鬍子
	Danyang	鬍子
	Ningbo	牙鬚
	Wenzhou	鬍鬚, 下巴鬚
	Jinhua	鬍, 鬍鬚
Xiang	Changsha	鬍子, 鬍鬚
	Loudi	鬍子
	Shuangfeng	鬍子

References

• “Entry #8270”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.