百口莫辯

百口莫辯

See also: 百口莫辩

Chinese

		hundred	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	do not; there is none who	dispute; debate; argue dispute; debate; argue; discuss
trad. (百口莫辯)		百	口	莫	辯
simp. (百口莫辩)		百	口	莫	辩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎikǒumòbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ hau² mok⁶ bin⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pek-kháu-bo̍k-piān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎikǒumòbiàn [Phonetic: báikǒumòbiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎikǒumòbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-kʻou³-mo⁴-pien⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-kǒu-mwò-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baekooumohbiann
    • Palladius: байкоумобянь (bajkoumobjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ hau² mok⁶ bin⁶
    • Yale: baak háu mohk bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ hau² mok⁹ bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ heo² mog⁶ bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ hɐu̯³⁵ mɔːk̚² piːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-kháu-bo̍k-piān
    • Tâi-lô: pik-kháu-bo̍k-piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekqaw'bogpien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴⁻³² piɛn³³/

Idiom

百口莫辯

1. unable to give a convincing explanation in self-defense; difficult to clarify; beyond justification (when wronged or treated unjustly)

Synonyms

• 百喙莫辯／百喙莫辩 (bǎihuìmòbiàn)