和稀泥

Chinese

		mix together; moderate; harmonize	dilute	mud
trad. (和稀泥)		和	稀	泥
simp. #(和稀泥)		和	稀	泥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò xī ní

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): hō hi-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò xī ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò si ní
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴ hsi¹ ni²
    • Yale: hwò syī ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh shi ni
    • Palladius: хо си ни (xo si ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō hi-nî
    • Tâi-lô: hō hi-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi hinii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/

Verb

和稀泥

1. (idiomatic, figuratively, colloquial) to try to smooth things over (by blurring the line between right and wrong, in disregard of principles)