笑而不語

Chinese

		laugh; smile	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	not; no	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (笑而不語)		笑	而	不	語
simp. (笑而不语)		笑	而	不	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiào'érbùyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ ji⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiào'érbùyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siào-érbùyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-êrh²-pu⁴-yü³
    • Yale: syàu-ér-bù-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawerlbuyeu
    • Palladius: сяоэрбуюй (sjaoerbujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ ji⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: siu yìh bāt yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ ji⁴ bat⁷ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ yi⁴ bed¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

笑而不語

1. to smile without saying anything; smilence