閃爍其詞

See also: 闪烁其词

Chinese

		to glisten; to glimmer; to flicker to glisten; to glimmer; to flicker; to twinkle; to be vague; to be evasive; to be noncommittal	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (閃爍其詞)		閃爍	其	詞
simp. (闪烁其词)		闪烁	其	词
alternative forms		閃爍其辭／闪烁其辞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎnshuòqící

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² soek³ kei⁴ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnshuòqící
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnshuòcícíh
    • Wade–Giles: shan³-shuo⁴-chʻi²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: shǎn-shwò-chí-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshuohchyitsyr
    • Palladius: шаньшоцицы (šanʹšocicy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim² soek³ kei⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: sím seuk kèih chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim² soek⁸ kei⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim² sêg³ kéi⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ sœːk̚³ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 閃爍其詞

1. to speak evasively; to hedge; to beat around the bush