耍嘴皮子

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	lip; glib talk; gift of the gab
simp. and trad. (耍嘴皮子)		耍	嘴皮子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǎ zuǐpízi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǎ zuǐpízi [Phonetic: shuázuǐpízi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa tzoeipyi.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: sá jéui pèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² dzoey² pei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² zêu² péi⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /säː³⁵ t͡ʃɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

耍嘴皮子

(derogatory) to be a smooth talker; to be a slick talker
to be all talk and no action

Synonyms

耍嘴皮 (shuǎ zuǐpí)
(Min Nan) 賣喙脣皮／卖喙唇皮, 賣喙水／卖喙水

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