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): ㄕㄨㄛㄙㄢㄉㄠˋ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ saam¹ dou⁶ sei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuōsāndàosì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄙㄢㄉㄠˋ 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

to gossip, to make irresponsible remarks
蔡英文批馬：兌現政治承諾、別說三道四
to criticize, to carp

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