高談闊論

Chinese

		high; tall	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	rich; wide; broad	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (高談闊論)		高	談	闊	論
simp. (高谈阔论)		高	谈	阔	论

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāotánkuòlùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄊㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ taam⁴ fut³ leon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāotánkuòlùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄊㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaotánkuòlùn
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tʻan²-kʻuo⁴-lun⁴
    • Yale: gāu-tán-kwò-lwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautarnkuohluenn
    • Palladius: гаотаньколунь (gaotanʹkolunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ taam⁴ fut³ leon⁶
    • Yale: gōu tàahm fut leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ taam⁴ fut⁸ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ tam⁴ fud³ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ tʰaːm²¹ fuːt̚³ lɵn²²/

Idiom

高談闊論

1. to indulge in loud and empty talk; to talk volubly or bombastically