吃醋

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Chinese

eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
 vinegar
trad. (吃醋) 吃 醋
simp. #(吃醋) 吃 醋
Literally: “to eat vinegar”.

Pronunciation

Verb

吃⫽醋 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, Wu, colloquial) to feel jealous (usually of a rival in love)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吃醋 (“to be jealous (usually of a rival in love)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吃醋
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吃醋
Singapore 吃醋
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 吃醋
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 吃醋
Xining 吃醋
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 吃醋
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 吃醋
Cantonese Guangzhou 呷醋
Hong Kong 呷醋
Taishan 呷醋
Dongguan 呷醋
Singapore (Guangfu) 呷醋
Gan Nanchang 吃醋
Hakka Meixian 食醋
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 食醋
Huizhou Jixi 吃醋
Jin Taiyuan 吃醋
Northern Min Jian'ou 食醋
Eastern Min Fuzhou 食醋
Southern Min Xiamen 食醋
Quanzhou 食醋
Zhangzhou 食醋
Taipei 食醋 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 食醋
Manila (Hokkien) 食醋
Shantou 食醋
Haikou 食醋
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 呷醋, 吃醋
Wu Shanghai 吃醋
Suzhou 吃醋
Ningbo 吃醋
Jinhua 吃醋
Xiang Loudi 吃醋
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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