吃啞巴虧

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	pent-up unspoken grievances; suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
trad. (吃啞巴虧)		吃	啞巴虧
simp. (吃哑巴亏)		吃	哑巴亏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī yǎbakuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ aa² baa¹ kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī yǎbakuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih yǎbåkuei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ ya³-pa⁵-kʻuei¹
    • Yale: chr̄ yǎ-ba-kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy yea.bakuei
    • Palladius: чи ябакуй (či jabakuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ aa² baa¹ kwai¹
    • Yale: hek á bā kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ aa² baa¹ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ a² ba¹ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ aː³⁵ paː⁵⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吃啞巴虧

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to be unable to speak out about one’s grievances