信口雌黃 in Chinese

IPA: /ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/, /ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/, /sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: xìnkǒucíhuáng [Mandarin, Pinyin], xìnkǒucīhuáng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘㄏㄨㄤˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xìnkǒucíhuáng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sìnkǒucíhhuáng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ²-huang² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syìn-kǒu-tsź-hwáng [Mandarin, Yale], shinnkooutsyrhwang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], синькоуцыхуан [Mandarin, Palladius], sinʹkoucyxuan [Mandarin, Palladius], xìnkǒucīhuáng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sìnkǒucihhuáng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ¹-huang² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syìn-kǒu-tsz̄-hwáng [Mandarin, Yale], shinnkooutsyhwang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], seun háu chī wòhng [Cantonese, Yale], soen³ hau² tsi¹ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sên³ heo² qi¹ wong⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Paper used in ancient China were yellowish in color and orpiment was used as correction fluid. The idiom is therefore used as a metaphor of a person trying to correct oneself when he/she is talking nonsense. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 信口雌黃

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{
  "etymology_text": "Paper used in ancient China were yellowish in color and orpiment was used as correction fluid. The idiom is therefore used as a metaphor of a person trying to correct oneself when he/she is talking nonsense.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "信口雌黃",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make irresponsible remarks, to utter nonsense"
      ],
      "id": "en-信口雌黃-zh-phrase-2yCIGi96",
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ],
        [
          "utter",
          "utter"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìnkǒucíhhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ²-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsź-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shinnkooutsyrhwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʹkoucyxuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìnkǒucihhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ¹-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsz̄-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shinnkooutsyhwang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seun háu chī wòhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soen³ hau² tsi¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên³ heo² qi¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "信口雌黃"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Paper used in ancient China were yellowish in color and orpiment was used as correction fluid. The idiom is therefore used as a metaphor of a person trying to correct oneself when he/she is talking nonsense.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "信口雌黃",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make irresponsible remarks, to utter nonsense"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsible",
          "irresponsible"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ],
        [
          "utter",
          "utter"
        ],
        [
          "nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seon³ hau² ci¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucíhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìnkǒucíhhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ²-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsź-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shinnkooutsyrhwang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "синькоуцыхуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sinʹkoucyxuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xìnkǒucīhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìnkǒucihhuáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsin⁴-kʻou³-tzʻŭ¹-huang²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syìn-kǒu-tsz̄-hwáng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shinnkooutsyhwang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "seun háu chī wòhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "soen³ hau² tsi¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sên³ heo² qi¹ wong⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "信口雌黃"
}

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"信口雌黃" meaning in Chinese

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