花言巧語

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (花言巧語)		花	言	巧	語
simp. (花言巧语)		花	言	巧	语
alternative forms		巧語花言／巧语花言
Literally: “flowery words, clever speech”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāyánqiǎoyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî / fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-giân-khá-gú / hoa-giân-khá-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāyánqiǎoyǔ [Phonetic: huāyánqiáoyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huayánciǎoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-yen²-chʻiao³-yü³
    • Yale: hwā-yán-chyǎu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayancheauyeu
    • Palladius: хуаяньцяоюй (xuajanʹcjaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
    • Yale: fā yìhn háau yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ yin⁴ hao² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ ngienˇ kau` ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa<sup>1</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup> kau<sup>3</sup> ngi<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ ngianˇ kau` ngi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gú
    • Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gí
    • Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafgie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/

Idiom

花言巧語

1. sweet but insincere (usually flattering) speech; slick talk; dishonest rhetoric

   • 原來你是花言巧語真情予你騙騙去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     原来你是花言巧语真情予你骗骗去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華

     goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 花喙, 花婆喙

See also

• 甜言蜜語／甜言蜜语 (tiányánmìyǔ)