花言巧語

Chinese

	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (花言巧語)	花	言	巧	語
simp. (花言巧语)	花	言	巧	语
variant forms	巧語花言／巧语花言
Literally: “flowery words, clever speech”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāyánqiǎoyǔ
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî / fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
Min Nan (POJ): hoa-giân-khá-gú / hoa-giân-khá-gí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huāyánqiǎoyǔ [Phonetic: huāyánqiáoyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayancheauyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵
  - Yale: fā yìhn háau yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ yin⁴ hao² yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /fäː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ häːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa´ ngienˇ kau` ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹
  - IPA: /fa²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ɲi²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî
  - Hakka Romanization System: fa´ ngianˇ kau` ngi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹
  - IPA: /fa²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ɲi²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gú
  - Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-giân-khá-gí
  - Tâi-lô: hua-giân-khá-gí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'gienqafgie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ giɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ gi⁴¹/

Idiom

花言巧語

sweet but insincere (usually flattering) speech; slick talk; dishonest rhetoric

花言巧語

Chinese

Pronunciation

Idiom

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