口辯

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss
trad. (口辯)		口	辯
simp. (口辩)		口	辩

Etymology

From Shiji:

淮南王有女陵，慧，有口辯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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淮南王有女陵，慧，有口辩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Huáinán Wáng yǒu nǚ Líng, huì, yǒu kǒubiàn. [Pinyin]

The Duke of Huainan had a daughter named Ling. She was intelligent and eloquent.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒubiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒubiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒubiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-pien⁴
    • Yale: kǒu-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooubiann
    • Palladius: коубянь (koubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

口辯

1. (archaic) eloquence