話頭醒尾

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	head; (noun suffix)	to wake up; to awaken; to be awake	tail
trad. (話頭醒尾)		話	頭	醒	尾
simp. (话头醒尾)		话	头	醒	尾
Literally: “to be told of the beginning and knowing the end”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵
    • Yale: wah tàuh síng méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ tau⁴ sing² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ teo⁴ xing² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² tʰɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³⁵ mei̯¹³/

Idiom

話頭醒尾

1. (Cantonese) able to take a hint; clever; intelligent