獅子大開口

Chinese

		lion; bodhisattva	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to open one's mouth; to start talking
trad. (獅子大開口)		獅子	大	開口
simp. (狮子大开口)		狮子	大	开口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīzi dà kāikǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄗㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞㄎㄡˇ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹sy-tsy-du-khe-kheu; ¹sy-tsy ⁶du-khe-kheu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīzi dà kāikǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihzi̊h dà kaikǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-tzŭ⁵ ta⁴ kʻai¹-kʻou³
  - Yale: shr̄-dz dà kāi-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzy dah kaikoou
  - Palladius: шицзы да кайкоу (šiczy da kajkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tä⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹sy-tsy-du-khe-kheu; ¹sy-tsy ⁶du-khe-kheu
  - MiniDict: sy^平 tsy du khe kheu; sy^平 tsy du^去 khe kheu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-tsr-du-khe-kheu; ¹sr-tsr ³du-khe-kheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ du³³ kʰe³³ kʰɤ²¹/, /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ du²² kʰe⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/

Idiom

獅子大開口 (figurative)

(rare) to have a big talk; to exaggerate
to ask for an unjustly large amount of money or/and goods

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 獅子開大口／狮子开大口 (si¹ zi² hoi¹ daai⁶ hau²)

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