揭短

Chinese

		lift off (a cover); divulge	lack; short
trad. (揭短)		揭	短
simp. ^#(揭短)		揭	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ dyun²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): kiat-toán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēduǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jieduǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-tuan³
  - Yale: jyē-dwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiedoan
  - Palladius: цзедуань (czeduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³ dyun²
  - Yale: kit dyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ dyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³ dün²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ tyːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat-toán
  - Tâi-lô: kiat-tuán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiatdoarn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tuan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

揭短

to rake up somebody's faults, shortcomings, or weaknesses

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 揬臭空

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