油腔滑調

Chinese

		oil; sly	cavity of body; tune	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (油腔滑調)		油	腔	滑	調
simp. (油腔滑调)		油	腔	滑	调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuqiānghuádiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ hong¹ waat⁶ diu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuqiānghuádiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóucianghuádiào
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-chʻiang¹-hua²-tiao⁴
    • Yale: yóu-chyāng-hwá-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youchianghwadiaw
    • Palladius: юцянхуадяо (jucjanxuadjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ hong¹ waat⁶ diu⁶
    • Yale: yàuh hōng waaht diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ hong¹ waat⁹ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ hong¹ wad⁶ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵ waːt̚² tiːu̯²²/

Idiom

油腔滑調

1. for one's words to be unserious and insincere