花言巧語

Chinese

	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (花言巧語)	花	言	巧	語
simp. (花言巧语)	花	言	巧	语
alternative forms	巧語花言／巧语花言
Literally: “flowery words, clever speech”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāyánqiǎoyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî / fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-giân-khá-gú / hoa-giân-khá-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāyánqiǎoyǔ [Phonetic: huāyánqiáoyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huayánciǎoyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-yen²-chʻiao³-yü³
  - Yale: hwā-yán-chyǎu-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayancheauyeu
  - Palladius: хуаяньцяоюй (xuajanʹcjaojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
  - Yale: fā yìhn háau yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ yin⁴ hao² yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˊ ngien^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˊ ngian^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gú
  - Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gí
  - Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafgie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/

Idiom

花言巧語

sweet but insincere (usually flattering) speech; slick talk; dishonest rhetoric
- 原來你是花言巧語真情予你騙騙去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  原来你是花言巧语真情予你骗骗去 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華
  goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 花喙, 花婆喙

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