支吾其詞

See also: 支吾其词

Chinese

		to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate to falter; to prevaricate; to equivocate; to deal with a person just for the occasion	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (支吾其詞)		支吾	其	詞
simp. (支吾其词)		支吾	其	词

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīwuqící

(Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ ci⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhīwuqící
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄨㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.uchyitsy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihwůcícíh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ u² t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ ci⁴
  - Yale: jī ǹgh kèih chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ng⁴ kei⁴ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ng⁴ kéi⁴ qi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

支吾其詞

to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; to speak halting or ambiguously

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