口若懸河

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if
trad. (口若懸河)		口	若	懸河
simp. (口若悬河)		口	若	悬河
Literally: “mouth like a waterfall”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuruòxuánhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² joek⁶ jyun⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuruòxuánhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuruòsyuánhé
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-jo⁴-hsüan²-ho²
    • Yale: kǒu-rwò-sywán-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouruohshyuanher
    • Palladius: коужосюаньхэ (koužosjuanʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² joek⁶ jyun⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: háu yeuhk yùhn hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² joek⁹ jyn⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² yêg⁶ yun⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ jœːk̚² jyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Idiom

口若懸河

1. eloquent; glib; voluble; having the gift of the gab