七嘴八舌

Chinese

		seven	mouth	eight	tongue
trad. (七嘴八舌)		七	嘴	八	舌
simp. #(七嘴八舌)		七	嘴	八	舌
Literally: “seven mouths, eight tongues”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīzuǐbāshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ zeoi² baat³ sit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-chhùi poeh-chi̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīzuǐbāshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cizuěibashé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-tsui³-pa¹-shê²
    • Yale: chī-dzwěi-bā-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chitzoeibasher
    • Palladius: цицзуйбашэ (ciczujbašɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ zeoi² baat³ sit⁶
    • Yale: chāt jéui baat siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ dzoey² baat⁸ sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ zêu² bad³ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ paːt̚³ siːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-chhùi poeh-chi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-tshuì pueh-tsi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhuix poehcih
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/

Idiom

七嘴八舌

1. a discussion with everybody talking at once

Synonyms

• (Beijing Mandarin, Tianjin Mandarin) 雞一嘴鴨一嘴／鸡一嘴鸭一嘴