耍嘴皮子

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	lip; glib talk; gift of the gab
trad. (耍嘴皮子)		耍	嘴皮子
simp. ^#(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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎ zuǐpízi [Phonetic: shuázuǐpízi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎ zuěipízi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: shua³ tsui³-pʻi²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: shwǎ dzwěi-pí-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa tzoeipyi.tzy
  - Palladius: шуа цзуйпицзы (šua czujpiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: sá jéui pèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² dzoey² pei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² zêu² péi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

耍⫽嘴皮子 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

耍嘴皮 (shuǎ zuǐpí)
(Hokkien) 賣喙脣皮／卖喙唇皮, 賣喙水／卖喙水, 鬼水

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