童言無忌

Chinese

		boy; child; children	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to lack any scruples
trad. (童言無忌)		童	言	無忌
simp. (童言无忌)		童	言	无忌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngyánwújì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jin⁴ mou⁴ gei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyánwújì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyánwújì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yen²-wu²-chi⁴
    • Yale: túng-yán-wú-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyanwujih
    • Palladius: тунъяньуцзи (tunʺjanʹuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ jin⁴ mou⁴ gei⁶
    • Yale: tùhng yìhn mòuh geih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jin⁴ mou⁴ gei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yin⁴ mou⁴ géi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jiːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kei̯²²/

Idiom

童言無忌

1. take no offence at a child's words; a child simply says what he/she thinks