悄悄話

See also: 悄悄话

Chinese

		quiet; silent; distressed quiet; silent; distressed; sorrowful	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (悄悄話)		悄悄	話
simp. (悄悄话)		悄悄	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāoqiāohuà, qiǎoqiǎohuà

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠㄑㄧㄠㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu² ciu² waa⁶ / ciu⁵ ciu⁵ waa⁶ / ciu³ ciu³ waa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāoqiāohuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠㄑㄧㄠㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciaociaohuà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹-chʻiao¹-hua⁴
  - Yale: chyāu-chyāu-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiauchiauhuah
  - Palladius: цяоцяохуа (cjaocjaoxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāoqiāohuàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠㄑㄧㄠㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciaociaohuàr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹-chʻiao¹-hua⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: chyāu-chyāu-hwàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiauchiauhuall
  - Palladius: цяоцяохуар (cjaocjaoxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎoqiǎohuà [Phonetic: qiáoqiǎohuà]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎociǎohuà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao³-chʻiao³-hua⁴
  - Yale: chyǎu-chyǎu-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheaucheauhuah
  - Palladius: цяоцяохуа (cjaocjaoxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu² ciu² waa⁶ / ciu⁵ ciu⁵ waa⁶ / ciu³ ciu³ waa⁶
  - Yale: chíu chíu wah / chíuh chíuh wah / chiu chiu wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu² tsiu² waa⁶ / tsiu⁵ tsiu⁵ waa⁶ / tsiu³ tsiu³ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu² qiu² wa⁶ / qiu⁵ qiu⁵ wa⁶ / qiu³ qiu³ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵ waː²²/, /t͡sʰiːu̯¹³ t͡sʰiːu̯¹³ waː²²/, /t͡sʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰiːu̯³³ waː²²/

Noun

悄悄話

whispers
對某人講悄悄話／对某人讲悄悄话 ― duì mǒurén jiǎng qiāoqiāohuà ― to whisper in sb's ear
sweet nothings