耍嘴皮子

耍嘴皮子

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	lip; glib talk; gift of the gab
simp. and trad. (耍嘴皮子)		耍	嘴皮子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎ zuǐpízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǎ zuǐpízi [Phonetic: shuázuǐpízi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa tzoeipyi.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi²
    • Yale: sá jéui pèih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² dzoey² pei⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² zêu² péi⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /säː³⁵ t͡ʃɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

耍嘴皮子

1. (derogatory) to be a smooth talker; to be a slick talker
2. to be all talk and no action

Synonyms

• 耍嘴皮 (shuǎ zuǐpí)
• (Min Nan) 賣喙脣皮／卖喙唇皮, 賣喙水／卖喙水