難以啟齒

See also: 难以启齿

Chinese

		difficult to; hard to	to open one's mouth; to start talking
trad. (難以啟齒)		難以	啟齒
simp. (难以启齿)		难以	启齿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nányǐqǐchǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nányǐqǐchǐ [Phonetic: nányǐqíchǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanyyichiichyy
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²
  - Yale: nàahn yíh kái chí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² tsi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ yi⁵ kei² qi²
  - IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ jiː¹³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

難以啟齒

to be too embarrassed to mention something, to find it hard to speak about something

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