信口開河

See also: 信口开河

Chinese

		thoughtlessly	to open a river; to dig a canal; to thaw
trad. (信口開河)		信口	開河
simp. (信口开河)		信口	开河
alternative forms		信口開合／信口开合 信口開闔／信口开阖 信口開喝／信口开喝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnkǒukāihé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ hau² hoi¹ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnkǒukāihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnkǒukaihé
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-kʻou³-kʻai¹-ho²
    • Yale: syìn-kǒu-kāi-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnkooukaiher
    • Palladius: синькоукайхэ (sinʹkoukajxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ hau² hoi¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: seun háu hōi hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ hau² hoi¹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ heo² hoi¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

Idiom

信口開河

1. to speak carelessly, rapidly and voluminously like the outflow of river water when the sluice gates are opened; to talk nonsense; to talk at random