危言聳聽

Chinese

		danger; to endanger	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	excite; raise up; to shrug excite; raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering	let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey
trad. (危言聳聽)		危	言	聳	聽
simp. (危言耸听)		危	言	耸	听

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiyánsǒngtīng, wéiyánsǒngtīng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄥ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting¹, ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēiyánsǒngtīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyansoongting
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵ sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéiyánsǒngtīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiyansoongting
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵ sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting¹, ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting³
  - Yale: ngàih yìhn súng tīng, ngàih yìhn súng ting
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting¹, ngai⁴ jin⁴ sung² ting³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ yin⁴ sung² ting¹, ngei⁴ yin⁴ sung² ting³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹ sʊŋ³⁵ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹ sʊŋ³⁵ tʰɪŋ³³/

Idiom

危言聳聽

to make exaggerated and frightening statements to scare people

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.