七嘴八舌

七嘴八舌

Chinese

		seven	mouth	eight	tongue
simp. and trad. (七嘴八舌)		七	嘴	八	舌

Etymology

Literally: seven mouths, eight tongues

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīzuǐbāshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ zeoi² baat³ sit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīzuǐbāshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chitzoeibasher
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pa̠⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ zeoi² baat³ sit⁶
    • Yale: chāt jéui baat siht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ dzoey² baat⁸ sit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ zêu² bad³ xid⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡ɕɵy̯³⁵ paːt̚³ siːt̚²/

Idiom

七嘴八舌

1. a discussion with everybody talking at once