嘰嘰趷趷

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Chinese

grumble grumble to jolt to jolt
trad. (嘰嘰趷趷)
simp. (叽叽趷趷)
alternative forms
AABB-type reduplication of 嘰趷.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gi4 gi1 gat6 gat6 / gi6 gi1 gat6 gat6 / gi4 gi6 gat6 gat6 / gi1 gi1 gat6 gat6

  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, GuangzhouHong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: gi4 gi1 gat6 gat6 / gi6 gi1 gat6 gat6 / gi4 gi6 gat6 gat6 / gi1 gi1 gat6 gat6
      • Yale: gìh gī gaht gaht / gih gī gaht gaht / gìh gih gaht gaht / gī gī gaht gaht
      • Cantonese Pinyin: gi4 gi1 gat9 gat9 / gi6 gi1 gat9 gat9 / gi4 gi6 gat9 gat9 / gi1 gi1 gat9 gat9
      • Guangdong Romanization: gi4 gi1 ged6 ged6 / gi6 gi1 ged6 ged6 / gi4 gi6 ged6 ged6 / gi1 gi1 ged6 ged6
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kiː²¹ kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː²² kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː²¹ kiː²² kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/, /kiː⁵⁵ kiː⁵⁵ kɐt̚² kɐt̚²/

Verb

嘰嘰趷趷 (Cantonese)

  1. to stammer; to stutter
  2. to complain and criticize; to be pesky
    唔好成日嘰嘰趷趷
    唔好成日叽叽趷趷
    m4 hou2 seng4 jat6 gi4 gi1 gat6 gat6!
    Don't always complain!