學舌

See also: 学舌

Chinese

		learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	tongue
trad. (學舌)		學	舌
simp. (学舌)		学	舌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuéshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ sit⁶ / hok⁶ sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuéshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuéshé
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh²-shê²
    • Yale: sywé-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuesher
    • Palladius: сюэшэ (sjuešɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ sit⁶ / hok⁶ sit³
    • Yale: hohk siht / hohk sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ sit⁹ / hok⁹ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ xid⁶ / hog⁶ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚² siːt̚²/, /hɔːk̚² siːt̚³/

Verb

學舌

1. to imitate other people's speech
2. to mechanically repeat other people's words; to have no opinion of one's own and parrot what others say
3. to be prone to tell others what one hears; to spread hearsay

Derived terms

• 鸚鵡學舌／鹦鹉学舌 (yīngwǔxuéshé)