See 難以啟齒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "难以启齿",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "難以啟齒",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"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": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be too embarrassed to mention something; to find it difficult to speak about something"
],
"id": "en-難以啟齒-zh-phrase-FqeXVoYz",
"links": [
[
"embarrassed",
"embarrassed"
],
[
"mention",
"mention"
],
[
"find",
"find"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐqǐchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐqǐchǐ [Phonetic: nányǐqíchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐcǐchǐh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "nan²-i³-chʻi³-chʻih³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nán-yǐ-chǐ-chř"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "nanyiichiichyy"
},
{
"roman": "nanʹiciči",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "наньицичи"
},
{
"ipa": "/nän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nàahn yíh kái chí"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² tsi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "nan⁴ yi⁵ kei² qi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/naːn²¹ jiː¹³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "難以啟齒"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "难以启齿",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "難以啟齒",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 以",
"Chinese terms spelled with 啟",
"Chinese terms spelled with 難",
"Chinese terms spelled with 齒",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to be too embarrassed to mention something; to find it difficult to speak about something"
],
"links": [
[
"embarrassed",
"embarrassed"
],
[
"mention",
"mention"
],
[
"find",
"find"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐqǐchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐqǐchǐ [Phonetic: nányǐqíchǐ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "nányǐcǐchǐh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "nan²-i³-chʻi³-chʻih³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nán-yǐ-chǐ-chř"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "nanyiichiichyy"
},
{
"roman": "nanʹiciči",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "наньицичи"
},
{
"ipa": "/nän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "nàahn yíh kái chí"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² tsi²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "nan⁴ yi⁵ kei² qi²"
},
{
"ipa": "/naːn²¹ jiː¹³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "難以啟齒"
}
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