有口無心

See also: 有口无心

Chinese

			without the desire or intention; unwitting; accidentally without the desire or intention; unwitting; accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
trad. (有口無心)		有口	無心
simp. (有口无心)		有口	无心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒukǒuwúxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hau² mou⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukǒuwúxīn [Phonetic: yóukǒuwúxīn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukǒuwúsin
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻou³-wu²-hsin¹
  - Yale: yǒu-kǒu-wú-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukoouwushin
  - Palladius: юкоуусинь (jukouusinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ hau² mou⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: yáuh háu mòuh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hau² mou⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ heo² mou⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

有口無心

to be sharp tongued but not malicious; to be highly critical but not really mean it

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