言多必失

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (言多必失)		言	多	必	失
simp. #(言多必失)		言	多	必	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánduōbìshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ do¹ bit¹ sat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giân-to-pit-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánduōbìshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánduobìshih
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-to¹-pi⁴-shih¹
    • Yale: yán-dwō-bì-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanduobihshy
    • Palladius: яньдобиши (janʹdobiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ do¹ bit¹ sat¹
    • Yale: yìhn dō bīt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ do¹ bit⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ do¹ bid¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ piːt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-to-pit-sit
    • Tâi-lô: giân-to-pit-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giendoi'pitsid
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/

Proverb

言多必失

1. the more one says, the easier it is to make a mistake