言之鑿鑿

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	bright; brilliant; vivid bright; brilliant; vivid; true; real; reliable; credible
trad. (言之鑿鑿)		言	之	鑿鑿
simp. (言之凿凿)		言	之	凿凿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánzhīzáozáo, yánzhīzuòzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄗㄠˊ ㄗㄠˊ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ zi¹ zok⁶ zok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhīzáozáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄗㄠˊ ㄗㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhihzáozáo
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chih¹-tsao²-tsao²
    • Yale: yán-jr̄-dzáu-dzáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjytzaurtzaur
    • Palladius: яньчжицзаоцзао (janʹčžiczaoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánzhīzuòzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjhihzuòzuò
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chih¹-tso⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: yán-jr̄-dzwò-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjytzuohtzuoh
    • Palladius: яньчжицзоцзо (janʹčžiczoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ zi¹ zok⁶ zok⁶
    • Yale: yìhn jī johk johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ dzi¹ dzok⁹ dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ ji¹ zog⁶ zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚² t͡sɔːk̚²/

Idiom

言之鑿鑿

1. to say with certainty; to speak on good grounds