言之無物

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	not have	thing; object; matter
trad. (言之無物)		言	之	無	物
simp. (言之无物)		言	之	无	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánzhīwúwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhīwúwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄨˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhihwúwù
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chih¹-wu²-wu⁴
    • Yale: yán-jr̄-wú-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjywuwuh
    • Palladius: яньчжиуу (janʹčžiuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ zi¹ mou⁴ mat⁶
    • Yale: yìhn jī mòuh maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ dzi¹ mou⁴ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ ji¹ mou⁴ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ mɐt̚²/

Idiom

言之無物

1. (of speech or writing) to be devoid of substance; to be just empty verbiage