言聽計從

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (言聽計從)		言	聽	計	從
simp. (言听计从)		言	听	计	从

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yántīngjìcóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ ting¹ gai³ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yántīngjìcóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yántingjìcóng
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-tʻing¹-chi⁴-tsʻung²
    • Yale: yán-tīng-jì-tsúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yantingjihtsorng
    • Palladius: яньтинцзицун (janʹtinczicun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ ting¹ gai³ cung⁴
    • Yale: yìhn tīng gai chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ ting¹ gai³ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ ting¹ gei³ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

言聽計從

1. to always follow somebody's advice; to act upon whatever somebody says; to have implicit faith in somebody