打開天窗說亮話

Chinese

		to open; to switch on	skylight; hatchway; cupola skylight; hatchway; cupola; crack at the top of a cave or cliff that lets in light	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	blunt words; direct language
trad. (打開天窗說亮話)		打開	天窗	說	亮話
simp. (打开天窗说亮话)		打开	天窗	说	亮话
Literally: “to open the skylight to say candid words”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² hoi¹ tin¹ coeng¹ syut³ loeng⁶ waa⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tan-khe ¹thi-tshaon ⁷seq ⁶lian-gho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎkai tianchuang shuo liànghuà
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kʻai¹ tʻien¹-chʻuang¹ shuo¹ liang⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-kāi tyān-chwāng shwō lyàng-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daakai tianchuang shuo lianqhuah
    • Palladius: дакай тяньчуан шо лянхуа (dakaj tjanʹčuan šo ljanxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² hoi¹ tin¹ coeng¹ syut³ loeng⁶ waa⁶
    • Yale: dá hōi tīn chēung syut leuhng wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² hoi¹ tin¹ tsoeng¹ syt⁸ loeng⁶ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² hoi¹ tin¹ cêng¹ xud³ lêng⁶ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³ lœːŋ²² waː²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tan-khe ¹thi-tshaon ⁷seq ⁶lian-gho
    • MiniDict: tan^去 khe thi^平 tshaon seh^入 lian^去 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tan-khe ¹thi-tshaan ⁴seq ³lian-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã³³ kʰe³³  tʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃³³  səʔ⁴⁴  liã²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Idiom

打開天窗說亮話

1. (figurative) to speak candidly; to not beat around the bush