口頭禪

See also: 口头禅

Chinese

		on the mouth; by mouth; oral on the mouth; by mouth; oral; spoken; verbal	abdicate; meditation; abstraction abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism
trad. (口頭禪)		口頭	禪
simp. (口头禅)		口头	禅
Literally: “talking Zen”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒutóuchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² tau⁴ sim⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóuchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóuchán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²-chʻan²
    • Yale: kǒu-tóu-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutourcharn
    • Palladius: коутоучань (koutoučanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒutóurchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒutóurchán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tʻou²-ʼrh-chʻan²
    • Yale: kǒu-tóur-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooutourlcharn
    • Palladius: коутоурчань (koutourčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² tau⁴ sim⁴
    • Yale: háu tàuh sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tau⁴ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² teo⁴ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ siːm²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 口頭禪

1. (idiomatic) one's favourite expression; stock phrase; pet phrase