守口如瓶

Chinese

		to guard	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	as (if); such as	bottle; (a measure word); vase bottle; (a measure word); vase; pitcher
trad. (守口如瓶)		守	口	如	瓶
simp. #(守口如瓶)		守	口	如	瓶
Literally: “to shut one's mouth tight like a bottle.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒukǒurúpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hau² jyu⁴ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-kháu-jû-pân / siú-kháu-jî-pân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒukǒurúpíng [Phonetic: shóukǒurúpíng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒukǒurúpíng
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-kʻou³-ju²-pʻing²
    • Yale: shǒu-kǒu-rú-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukoourupyng
    • Palladius: шоукоужупин (šoukoužupin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² hau² jyu⁴ ping⁴
    • Yale: sáu háu yùh pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hau² jy⁴ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² heo² yu⁴ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jû-pân
    • Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jû-pân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawju'paan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu²³⁻³³ pan²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kháu-jî-pân
    • Tâi-lô: siú-kháu-jî-pân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qawji'paan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³⁻³³ pan²³/

Idiom

守口如瓶

1. to keep one's mouth shut; to remain tight-lipped

   放心，我會守口如瓶的。 [MSC, trad.]
   放心，我会守口如瓶的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fàngxīn, wǒ huì shǒukǒurúpíng de. [Pinyin]

   Don't worry, my lips are sealed.