和稀泥

Chinese

		mix together; moderate; harmonize	dilute	mud
trad. (和稀泥)		和	稀	泥
simp. #(和稀泥)		和	稀	泥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò xīní

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ hei¹ nai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō hi-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò xīní
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò siní
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴ hsi¹-ni²
    • Yale: hwò syī-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh shini
    • Palladius: хо сини (xo sini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ hei¹ nai⁴
    • Yale: wòh hēi nàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ hei¹ nai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ héi¹ nei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ hei̯⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō hi-nî
    • Tâi-lô: hō hi-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi hinii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/

Verb

和稀泥

1. (idiomatic, figurative, colloquial) to try to smooth things over (by blurring the line between right and wrong, in disregard of principles); bothsidesism