七嘴八舌
Chinese
| seven | mouth | eight | tongue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (七嘴八舌) | 七 | 嘴 | 八 | 舌 | |
| simp. #(七嘴八舌) | 七 | 嘴 | 八 | 舌 | |
| Literally: “seven mouths, eight tongues”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cat1 zeoi2 baat3 sit6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-chhùi poeh-chi̍h
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qīzuǐbāshé
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cizuěibashé
- Wade–Giles: chʻi1-tsui3-pa1-shê2
- Yale: chī-dzwěi-bā-shé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chitzoeibasher
- Palladius: цицзуйбашэ (ciczujbašɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cat1 zeoi2 baat3 sit6
- Yale: chāt jéui baat siht
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsat7 dzoey2 baat8 sit9
- Guangdong Romanization: ced1 zêu2 bad3 xid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ paːt̚³ siːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-chhùi poeh-chi̍h
- Tâi-lô: tshit-tshuì pueh-tsi̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhuix poehcih
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡siʔ⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
七嘴八舌
- a discussion with everybody talking at once
Synonyms
- (Beijing Mandarin, Tianjin Mandarin) 雞一嘴鴨一嘴／鸡一嘴鸭一嘴