油嘴滑舌
Chinese
editoil; sly | mouth | comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth |
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trad. (油嘴滑舌) | 油 | 嘴 | 滑 | 舌 | |
simp. #(油嘴滑舌) | 油 | 嘴 | 滑 | 舌 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yóuzuěihuáshé
- Wade–Giles: yu2-tsui3-hua2-shê2
- Yale: yóu-dzwěi-hwá-shé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtzoeihwasher
- Palladius: юцзуйхуашэ (juczujxuašɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau4 zeoi2 waat6 sit3
- Yale: yàuh jéui waaht sit
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau4 dzoey2 waat9 sit8
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo4 zêu2 wad6 xid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ waːt̚² siːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit油嘴滑舌
- speaking in a confident way but without careful thought or honesty; glib, being a fast-talker
- 就如世上油嘴滑舌之人,無風作有,信著伶口俐舌,長篇大論,胡板亂扯,敷演出一篇話來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Jiù rú shìshàng yóuzuǐhuáshé zhī rén, wúfēng zuò yǒu, xìn zhù língkǒulìshé, chángpiāndàlùn, hú bǎn luàn chě, fūyǎn chū yī piān huà lái. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
就如世上油嘴滑舌之人,无风作有,信著伶口俐舌,长篇大论,胡板乱扯,敷演出一篇话来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
edit- 倒掛臘鴨——油嘴滑舌/倒挂腊鸭——油嘴滑舌 (dàoguà làyā, yóuzuǐhuáshé)
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