空口無憑

Chinese

		empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement; air interface
trad. (空口無憑)		空口	無憑
simp. (空口无凭)		空口	无凭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngkǒuwúpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ hau² mou⁴ pang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-kháu-bû-phîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngkǒuwúpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongkǒuwúpíng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-kʻou³-wu²-pʻing²
    • Yale: kūng-kǒu-wú-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongkoouwupyng
    • Palladius: кункоуупин (kunkouupin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ hau² mou⁴ pang⁴
    • Yale: hūng háu mòuh pàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hau² mou⁴ pang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ heo² mou⁴ peng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-kháu-bû-phîn
    • Tâi-lô: khong-kháu-bû-phîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongqaw'buphiin
    • IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ kʰau²¹ bu¹¹ pʰin¹¹/

Idiom

空口無憑

1. a mere verbal statement is no guarantee

   空口無憑，立字為證。 [MSC, trad.]
   空口无凭，立字为证。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kōngkǒu wú píng, lìzì wéi zhèng. [Pinyin]

   Words of mouth being no guarantee, a written statement is hereby given.

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 無根無據／无根无据
• (Hokkien) 空喙哺舌

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空口无凭”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.