開口閉口

Chinese

		to open one's mouth; to start talking	to close one's mouth; to remain tight-lipped; to keep mum
trad. (開口閉口)		開口	閉口
simp. (开口闭口)		开口	闭口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikǒubìkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikǒubìkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǒubìkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻou³-pi⁴-kʻou³
    • Yale: kāi-kǒu-bì-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikooubihkoou
    • Palladius: кайкоубикоу (kajkoubikou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phrase

開口閉口

1. every time they open their mouth (speak) they always talk about or say…

   不要開口閉口說分手。 [MSC, trad.]
   不要开口闭口说分手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào kāikǒubìkǒu shuō fēnshǒu. [Pinyin]

   Don't talk about breaking up all the time.

   • 我和高齡的父親同住，他開口閉口都是些難聽的話，言論偏激、批判惡毒，對過去永遠抱怨不休。 [MSC, trad.]
     我和高龄的父亲同住，他开口闭口都是些难听的话，言论偏激、批判恶毒，对过去永远抱怨不休。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 Oct 11, 長輩難相處，老人家說話偏激、愛發牢騷　子女該怎麼辦？

     Wǒ hé gāolíng de fùqīn tóng zhù, tā kāikǒubìkǒu dōu shì xiē nántīng de huà, yánlùn piānjī, pīpàn èdú, duì guòqù yǒngyuǎn bàoyuàn bùxiū. [Pinyin]

     I live together with my elder father. He always says nasty things, radical remarks, vicious comments and endless complaints about the past.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 開口埋口／开口埋口