談虎色變

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	tiger	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (談虎色變)		談	虎	色	變
simp. (谈虎色变)		谈	虎	色	变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánhǔsèbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ fu² sik¹ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánhǔsèbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánhǔsèbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-hu³-sê⁴-pien⁴
    • Yale: tán-hǔ-sè-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhuusehbiann
    • Palladius: таньхусэбянь (tanʹxusɛbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ fu² sik¹ bin³
    • Yale: tàahm fú sīk bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ fu² sik⁷ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ fu² xig¹ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ fuː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ piːn³³/

Idiom

談虎色變

1. to become scared when a particular thing is mentioned