滅口

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See also: 灭口

Chinese

		extinguish	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (滅口)		滅	口
simp. (灭口)		灭	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mièkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ hau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-kháu / bia̍t-khió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mièkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mièkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-kʻou³
  - Yale: myè-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehkoou
  - Palladius: мекоу (mekou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ hau²
  - Yale: miht háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² hɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍t-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biadqao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² kʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-khió
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍t-khió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biadqioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² kʰiɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² kʰio⁵³/

Verb

滅口

to silence or do away with a witness or accomplice (of a criminal)

Derived terms

殺人滅口 / 杀人灭口 (shārénmièkǒu)

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