See 花言巧語 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "花言巧语",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "巧語花言"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "花言巧語",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "flowery words, clever speech",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hakka chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hokkien chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "zh:Talking",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
26,
36
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
15,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"english": "Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"ref": "1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 [Cheater of Love, I Ask You]”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 [Chen Hsiao-yun]:",
"roman": "goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì",
"text": "原來你是花言巧語真情予你騙騙去",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
26,
36
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
15,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"english": "Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"ref": "1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 [Cheater of Love, I Ask You]”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 [Chen Hsiao-yun]:",
"roman": "goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì",
"text": "原来你是花言巧语真情予你骗骗去",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sweet but insincere (usually flattering) speech; slick talk; dishonest rhetoric"
],
"id": "en-花言巧語-zh-phrase-wWP-C2kI",
"links": [
[
"sweet",
"sweet"
],
[
"insincere",
"insincere"
],
[
"flattering",
"flattering"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"slick",
"slick"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"dishonest",
"dishonest"
],
[
"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "tiányánmìyǔ",
"word": "甜言蜜語"
},
{
"roman": "tiányánmìyǔ",
"word": "甜言蜜语"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "花喙"
},
{
"word": "花婆喙"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "huāyánqiǎoyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huāyánqiǎoyǔ [Phonetic:huāyánqiáoyǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huayánciǎoyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hua¹-yen²-chʻiao³-yü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hwā-yán-chyǎu-yǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huayancheauyeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "хуаяньцяоюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xuajanʹcjaojuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "fā yìhn háau yúh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jy⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ yin⁴ hao² yu⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fa^ˊ ngien^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "fa^ˊ ngian^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hua-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa'gienqafguo"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hua-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa'gienqafgie"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: huāyánqiáoyǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/"
}
],
"word": "花言巧語"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "花言巧语",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "巧語花言"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "花言巧語",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "flowery words, clever speech",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"roman": "tiányánmìyǔ",
"word": "甜言蜜語"
},
{
"roman": "tiányánmìyǔ",
"word": "甜言蜜语"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巧",
"Chinese terms spelled with 花",
"Chinese terms spelled with 言",
"Chinese terms spelled with 語",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hakka chengyu",
"Hakka idioms",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien terms with quotations",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"zh:Talking"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
26,
36
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
15,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"english": "Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"ref": "1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 [Cheater of Love, I Ask You]”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 [Chen Hsiao-yun]:",
"roman": "goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì",
"text": "原來你是花言巧語真情予你騙騙去",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
26,
36
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
15,
30
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"english": "Turns out it was all your sweet talk, you were really setting out to swindle me",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"ref": "1992, “愛情的騙子我問你 [Cheater of Love, I Ask You]”, 蔣錦鴻 (lyrics), 俞隆華 (music), performed by 陳小雲 [Chen Hsiao-yun]:",
"roman": "goân-lâi lí sī hoa-giân-khá-gí chin-chêng hō͘ lí phiàn phiàn khì",
"text": "原来你是花言巧语真情予你骗骗去",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sweet but insincere (usually flattering) speech; slick talk; dishonest rhetoric"
],
"links": [
[
"sweet",
"sweet"
],
[
"insincere",
"insincere"
],
[
"flattering",
"flattering"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"slick",
"slick"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"dishonest",
"dishonest"
],
[
"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "huāyánqiǎoyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jyu⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huāyánqiǎoyǔ [Phonetic:huāyánqiáoyǔ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huayánciǎoyǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hua¹-yen²-chʻiao³-yü³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "hwā-yán-chyǎu-yǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "huayancheauyeu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "хуаяньцяоюй"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius",
"standard"
],
"zh-pron": "xuajanʹcjaojuj"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA",
"standard"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "fā yìhn háau yúh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "faa¹ jin⁴ haau² jy⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ yin⁴ hao² yu⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngièn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fa^ˊ ngien^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su"
],
"zh-pron": "fâ-ngiàn-kháu-ngî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System"
],
"zh-pron": "fa^ˊ ngian^ˇ kau^ˋ ngi^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka"
],
"zh-pron": "fa¹ ngian² kau³ ngi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hua-giân-khá-gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa'gienqafguo"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hua-giân-khá-gí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoa'gienqafgie"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Min-Nan"
]
},
{
"other": "[Phonetic: huāyánqiáoyǔ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/faː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹ haːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fa²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹ kʰau̯³¹ ŋi²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁴¹/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "花喙"
},
{
"word": "花婆喙"
}
],
"word": "花言巧語"
}
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