骨鯁在喉

See also: 骨鲠在喉

Chinese

		fishbone	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	throat; larynx
trad. (骨鯁在喉)		骨鯁	在	喉
simp. (骨鲠在喉)		骨鲠	在	喉
Literally: “fishbone is stuck in one's throat”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔgěngzàihóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ gang² zoi⁶ hau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔgěngzàihóu [Phonetic: gúgěngzàihóu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔgěngzàihóu
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-kêng³-tsai⁴-hou²
  - Yale: gǔ-gěng-dzài-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guugeengtzayhour
  - Palladius: гугэнцзайхоу (gugɛnczajxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ xoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwat¹ gang² zoi⁶ hau⁴
  - Yale: gwāt gáng joih hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ gang² dzoi⁶ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ geng² zoi⁶ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ kɐŋ³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

骨鯁在喉

to have something that one must get off one's chest; to have to say or speak up about something to feel comfortable

Synonyms

如鯁在喉／如鲠在喉

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