費口舌

Chinese

		to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	mouth and tongue; speech organs; words mouth and tongue; speech organs; words; speech
trad. (費口舌)		費	口舌
simp. (费口舌)		费	口舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèi kǒushé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ hau² sit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèi kǒushé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèi kǒushé
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴ kʻou³-shê²
    • Yale: fèi kǒu-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey koousher
    • Palladius: фэй коушэ (fɛj koušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ hau² sit⁶
    • Yale: fai háu siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ hau² sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ heo² xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵ siːt̚²/

Verb

費⫽口舌 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to take a lot of talking and explaining; to argue needlessly

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 磨喙舌