啞巴吃黃連

啞巴吃黃連

Chinese

		mute person; dumb person	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	Chinese goldthread; rhizome of the Chinese goldthread
trad. (啞巴吃黃連)		啞巴	吃	黃連
simp. (哑巴吃黄连)		哑巴	吃	黄连

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎba chī huánglián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎba chī huánglián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yea.ba chy hwanglian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎbå chih huánglián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xwɑŋ³⁵ ljɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa² baa¹ hek³ wong⁴ lin⁴
    • Yale: á bā hek wòhng lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa² baa¹ hek⁸ wong⁴ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a² ba¹ hég³ wong⁴ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /äː³⁵ päː⁵⁵ hɛːk̚³ wɔːŋ²¹ liːn²¹/

Idiom

啞巴吃黃連

1. Synonym of 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出／哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出 (yǎba chī huánglián, yǒu kǔ shuōbùchū).