長話短說

See also: 长话短说

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	lack; short	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (長話短說)		長	話	短	說
simp. (长话短说)		长	话	短	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánghuàduǎnshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ waa⁶ dyun² syut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánghuàduǎnshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánghuàduǎnshuo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-hua⁴-tuan³-shuo¹
    • Yale: cháng-hwà-dwǎn-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnghuahdoanshuo
    • Palladius: чанхуадуаньшо (čanxuaduanʹšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ waa⁶ dyun² syut³
    • Yale: chèuhng wah dyún syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ waa⁶ dyn² syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ wa⁶ dün² xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ waː²² tyːn³⁵ syːt̚³/

Idiom

長話短說

1. to make a long story short