說短長

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (說短長)		說	短長
simp. (说短长)		说	短长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuō duǎncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄤˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): suêh⁸ do² deng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuō duǎncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuo duǎncháng
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹ tuan³-chʻang²
    • Yale: shwō dwǎn-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuo doancharng
    • Palladius: шо дуаньчан (šo duanʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêh⁸ do² deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sue̍h tó tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueʔ⁴⁻² to⁵²⁻³⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

說短長

1. to explain a matter
   • Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板秦世美全歌》, volume 4, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 9v:

     柳樂共𡛰说短長/千声万句恨阿郎 [Teochew, simp.]
     柳樂共嬂說短長/千聲萬句恨阿郎 [Teochew, trad.]

     liu² lag⁸ ga⁷ zi² suêh⁴ do² deng⁵ / coin¹ sian¹ bhuêng⁷ gu³ heng⁶ a¹ neng⁵ [Peng'im]

     Liu2-lag8 told all to her elder sister / in a myriad ways she stated her hate for her brother-in-law