可歌可泣

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	song	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to sob
simp. and trad. (可歌可泣)		可	歌	可	泣
Literally: “you can sing or you can cry”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěgēkěqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² go¹ ho² jap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěgēkěqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěgekěcì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-ko¹-kʻo³-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: kě-gē-kě-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keegekeechih
    • Palladius: кэгэкэци (kɛgɛkɛci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² go¹ ho² jap¹
    • Yale: hó gō hó yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² go¹ ho² jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² go¹ ho² yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ jɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

可歌可泣

1. epic; moving