磨破嘴皮子

Chinese

		to wear out	lip; glib talk; gift of the gab
trad. (磨破嘴皮子)		磨破	嘴皮子
simp. #(磨破嘴皮子)		磨破	嘴皮子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mópòzuǐpízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ po³ zeoi² pei⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mópòzuǐpízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mópòzuěipízǐh
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-pʻo⁴-tsui³-pʻi²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: mwó-pwò-dzwěi-pí-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mopohtzoeipyitzyy
    • Palladius: мопоцзуйпицзы (mopoczujpiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ po³ zeoi² pei⁴ zi²
    • Yale: mòh po jéui pèih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ po³ dzoey² pei⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ po³ zêu² péi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ pʰɔː³³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

磨破嘴皮子

1. to wear out one's lips
2. (figuratively) to repeat again and again; to talk until one is blue in the face