說長道短

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	lack; short
trad. (說長道短)		說	長	道	短
simp. (说长道短)		说	长	道	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōchángdàoduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ coeng⁴ dou⁶ dyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōchángdàoduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuochángdàoduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-chʻang²-tao⁴-tuan³
    • Yale: shwō-cháng-dàu-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuocharngdawdoan
    • Palladius: шочандаодуань (šočandaoduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ coeng⁴ dou⁶ dyun²
    • Yale: syut chèuhng douh dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ tsoeng⁴ dou⁶ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ cêng⁴ dou⁶ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tou̯²² tyːn³⁵/

Idiom

說長道短

1. to indulge in idle gossip