白費唇舌

Chinese

		to waste	words; argument
trad. (白費唇舌)		白費	唇舌
simp. (白费唇舌)		白费	唇舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifèi chúnshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fai³ seon⁴ sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifèi chúnshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifèi chúnshé
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fei⁴ chʻun²-shê²
    • Yale: bái-fèi chwún-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfey chwensher
    • Palladius: байфэй чуньшэ (bajfɛj čunʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fai³ seon⁴ sit³
    • Yale: baahk fai sèuhn sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fai³ soen⁴ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fei³ sên⁴ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐi̯³³ sɵn²¹ siːt̚³/

Idiom

白費唇舌

1. to waste one's breath