支吾其詞

See also: 支吾其词

Chinese

		to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate; to deal with a person just for the occasion	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (支吾其詞)		支吾	其	詞
simp. (支吾其词)		支吾	其	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīwuqící

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīwuqící
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihwůcícíh
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-wu⁵-chʻi²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: jr̄-wu-chí-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.uchyitsyr
    • Palladius: чжиуцицы (čžiucicy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u² t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: jī ǹgh kèih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ng⁴ kéi⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

支吾其詞

1. to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; to speak halting or ambiguously