有口難言

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (有口難言)		有	口	難	言
simp. (有口难言)		有	口	难	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒukǒunányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukǒunányán [Phonetic: yóukǒunányán]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukǒunányán
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻou³-nan²-yen²
    • Yale: yǒu-kǒu-nán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukoounanyan
    • Palladius: юкоунаньянь (jukounanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: yáuh háu nàahn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ heo² nan⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

有口難言

1. cannot bring oneself to mention something; to find it hard or embarrassing to bring up a matter

   • 這都是官吏每無心正法，使百姓有口難言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     这都是官吏每无心正法，使百姓有口难言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E

     Zhè dōu shì guānlìměi wúxīn zhèngfǎ, shǐ bǎixìng yǒukǒunányán. [Pinyin]

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