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挾嫌

挾嫌

Chinese

		clasp under the arm; coerce; hold between	to dislike; to suspect
trad. (挾嫌)		挾	嫌
simp. (挟嫌)		挟	嫌

Verb

挾嫌

to harbor resentment; to bear a grudge

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiéxián, xiáxián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ, ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hip⁶ jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hia̍p-hiâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiéxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeshyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiáxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyashyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hip⁶ jim⁴
  - Yale: hihp yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁹ jim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚² jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p-hiâm
  - Tâi-lô: hia̍p-hiâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiabhiaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴⁻²¹ hiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiap̚²⁴⁻²² hiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiap̚⁴⁻³² hiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiap̚⁴⁻³² hiam²³/