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吞聲

吞聲

See also: 吞声

Chinese

		to swallow; to take	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (吞聲)		吞	聲
simp. (吞声)		吞	声

Verb

吞聲

(literary) to hold back from making noise

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tūnshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tan¹ seng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thûn-sâng
Min Nan (POJ): thun-siaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tūnshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuensheng
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tan¹ seng¹
  - Yale: tān sēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tan¹ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐn⁵⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thûn-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tun´ sang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tun¹ sang¹
  - IPA: /tʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thun-siaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thun-siann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tunsviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun³³ ɕiã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/