有口難言

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (有口難言)		有	口	難	言
simp. (有口难言)		有	口	难	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒukǒunányán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukǒunányán [Phonetic: yóukǒunányán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukǒunányán
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻou³-nan²-yen²
  - Yale: yǒu-kǒu-nán-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukoounanyan
  - Palladius: юкоунаньянь (jukounanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: yáuh háu nàahn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ heo² nan⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ naːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

有口難言

cannot bring oneself to mention something; to find it hard or embarrassing to bring up a matter
- 這都是官吏每無心正法，使百姓有口難言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  这都是官吏每无心正法，使百姓有口难言。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
  Zhè dōu shì guānlìměi wúxīn zhèngfǎ, shǐ bǎixìng yǒukǒunányán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

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