長舌婦

Chinese

		gossiper; gossipmonger	woman
trad. (長舌婦)		長舌	婦
simp. (长舌妇)		长舌	妇

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 264 (《詩經·大雅·瞻卬》):

懿厥哲婦，為梟為鴟。婦有長舌，維厲之階。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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懿厥哲妇，为枭为鸱。妇有长舌，维厉之阶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yì jué zhé fù, wéi xiāo wéi chī. Fù yǒu chángshé, wéi lì zhī jiē. [Pinyin]

Admirable may be the wise woman, But she is [no better than] an owl.
A woman with a long tongue, Is [like] a stepping-stone to disorder.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángshéfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ sit⁶ fu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángshéfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángshéfù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shê²-fu⁴
    • Yale: cháng-shé-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngsherfuh
    • Palladius: чаншэфу (čanšɛfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ sit⁶ fu⁵
    • Yale: chèuhng siht fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ sit⁹ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ xid⁶ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ siːt̚² fuː¹³/

Noun

長舌婦

1. female gossip; busybody