話不投機半句多

話不投機半句多

See also: 话不投机半句多

Chinese

			half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	(a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (話不投機半句多)		話不投機	半	句	多
simp. (话不投机半句多)		话不投机	半	句	多

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàbùtóujī bàn jù duō

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ bat¹ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ geoi³ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huàbùtóujī bàn jù duō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahbutourji bann jiw duo
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ bat¹ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ geoi³ do¹
    • Yale: wah bāt tàuh gēi bun geui dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ bat⁷ tau⁴ gei¹ bun³ goey³ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ bed¹ teo⁴ géi¹ bun³ gêu³ do¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wäː²² pɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kei̯⁵⁵ puːn³³ kɵy̯³³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Proverb

話不投機半句多

1. When the conversation is not congenial, to say even half a sentence is too much.