張口結舌

Chinese

		to open one's mouth; to start to speak	to be tongue-tied; to be at a loss for words; to stammer to be tongue-tied; to be at a loss for words; to stammer; to stutter
trad. (張口結舌)		張口	結舌
simp. (张口结舌)		张口	结舌
Literally: “agape and tongue-tied”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngkǒujiéshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ hau² git³ sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngkǒujiéshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄎㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangkǒujiéshé
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-kʻou³-chieh²-shê²
    • Yale: jāng-kǒu-jyé-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangkooujyesher
    • Palladius: чжанкоуцзешэ (čžankouczešɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ hau² git³ sit³
    • Yale: jēung háu git sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ hau² git⁸ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ heo² gid³ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ kiːt̚³ siːt̚³/

Idiom

張口結舌

1. at a loss for words

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 喙窒舌