口吻

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Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	kiss; mouth
simp. and trad. (口吻)		口	吻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒuwěn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² man⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-bún / kháu-bún / khó͘-bún

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuwěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuwǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-wên³
  - Yale: kǒu-wěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouwoen
  - Palladius: коувэнь (kouvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² man⁵
  - Yale: háu máhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² man⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² men⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mɐn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-bún
  - Tâi-lô: khió-bún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'buon
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-bún
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-bún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'buon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-bún
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-bún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofbuon
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun⁵³/

Noun

口吻

tone of voice; intonation; way of speaking
muzzle; snout

Related terms

口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
口氣／口气 (kǒuqì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	吻
こう Grade: 1	ふん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーふん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

口(こう)吻(ふん) • (kōfun) ^{←こうふん (koufun)^?}

(anatomy) proboscis
チョウの口吻(こうふん)
chō no kōfun
butterfly proboscis
tone of voice; intonation; way of speaking
(Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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