毒舌

Chinese

		poison; venom	tongue
trad. (毒舌)		毒	舌
simp. ^#(毒舌)		毒	舌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 毒(どく)舌(ぜつ) (dokuzetsu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúshé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ sit³ / duk⁶ sit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúshé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúshé
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-shê²
  - Yale: dú-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
  - Palladius: душэ (dušɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    毒舌
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ sit³ / duk⁶ sit⁶
  - Yale: duhk sit / duhk siht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ sit⁸ / duk⁹ sit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ xid³ / dug⁶ xid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² siːt̚³/, /tʊk̚² siːt̚²/

Noun

毒舌

sharp tongue; spiteful remark; vituperation

Adjective

毒舌

sharp-tongued

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	舌
どく Grade: 5	ぜつ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくぜつ [dòkúzétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ze̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

毒(どく)舌(ぜつ) • (dokuzetsu)

a spiteful tongue; malicious language

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	舌

Noun

毒舌 • (dokseol) (hangeul 독설)

hanja form^? of 독설 (“invective, vituperation”)