唱高調

See also: 唱高调

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant	high-sounding voice; lofty tone; bombast
trad. (唱高調)		唱	高調
simp. (唱高调)		唱	高调

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng gāodiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ gou¹ diu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng gāodiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng gaodiào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴ kao¹-tiao⁴
    • Yale: chàng gāu-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq gaudiaw
    • Palladius: чан гаодяо (čan gaodjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chànggāodiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chànggaodiàor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-kao¹-tiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chàng-gāu-dyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqgaudiawl
    • Palladius: чангаодяор (čangaodjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³ gou¹ diu⁶
    • Yale: cheung gōu diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ gou¹ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ gou¹ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ kou̯⁵⁵ tiːu̯²²/

Verb

唱高調

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to use grandiose words; to speak fine-sounding but empty words