吃軟不吃硬

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	soft; flexible	not; no	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (吃軟不吃硬)		吃	軟	不	吃	硬
simp. (吃软不吃硬)		吃	软	不	吃	硬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīruǎnbùchīyìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīruǎnbùchīyìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔ ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihruǎnbùchihyìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-juan³-pu⁴-chʻih¹-ying⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-rwǎn-bù-chr̄-yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyroanbuchyyinq
    • Palladius: чижуаньбучиин (čižuanʹbučiin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶
    • Yale: hek yúhn bāt hek ngaahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jyn⁵ bat⁷ hek⁸ ngaang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yun⁵ bed¹ hég³ ngang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ ŋaːŋ²²/

Idiom

吃軟不吃硬

1. to be amenable to friendly persuasion but not to compulsion

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 受軟唔受硬／受软唔受硬, 食軟唔食硬／食软唔食硬

Antonyms

• 吃硬不吃軟／吃硬不吃软