套語

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (套語)		套	語
simp. (套语)		套	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàoyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò-gír / thò-gú / thò-gí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàoyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàoyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao⁴-yü³
    • Yale: tàu-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tawyeu
    • Palladius: таоюй (taojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: tou yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-gír
    • Tâi-lô: thò-gír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-gú
    • Tâi-lô: thò-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toirguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò-gí
    • Tâi-lô: thò-gí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toirgie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi⁵³/

Noun

套語

1. polite formula; conventionality; conventionalism
2. formulaic language; stereotyped expression; cliché

Synonyms

• (polite formula):

• 套話／套话 (tàohuà)
• 客套話／客套话 (kètàohuà)
• 客氣話／客气话

 

• (formulaic language): 套話／套话 (tàohuà)