詞窮理屈

Chinese

		to be unable to give a response as one is in the wrong or has given flawed arguments	to be in the wrong
trad. (詞窮理屈)		詞窮	理屈
simp. (词穷理屈)		词穷	理屈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cíqiónglǐqū

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cíqiónglǐqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíhcyónglǐcyu
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²-li³-chʻü¹
  - Yale: tsź-chyúng-lǐ-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrchyongliichiu
  - Palladius: цыцюнлицюй (cycjunlicjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat¹
  - Yale: chìh kùhng léih wāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ kung⁴ léi⁵ wed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵/

Noun

詞窮理屈

Synonym of 理屈詞窮／理屈词穷 (lǐqūcíqióng, “to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on”)

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