說三道四

說三道四

See also: 说三道四

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	three	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	four
trad. (說三道四)		說	三	道	四
simp. (说三道四)		说	三	道	四

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōsāndàosì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄙㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ saam¹ dou⁶ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuōsāndàosì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄙㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄙˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuosandawsyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuosandàosìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂwɔ⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ saam¹ dou⁶ sei³
    • Yale: syut sāam douh sei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ saam¹ dou⁶ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ sam¹ dou⁶ séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːt̚³ säːm⁵⁵ tou̯²² sei̯³³/

Verb

說三道四

1. to gossip, to make irresponsible remarks

   蔡英文批馬：兌現政治承諾、別說三道四

2. to criticize, to carp