難以啟齒

See also: 难以启齿

Chinese

		difficult to; hard to	to open one's mouth; to start talking
trad. (難以啟齒/難以啓齒)		難以	啟齒/啓齒
simp. (难以启齿)		难以	启齿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nányǐqǐchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányǐqǐchǐ [Phonetic: nányǐqíchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányǐcǐchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-i³-chʻi³-chʻih³
    • Yale: nán-yǐ-chǐ-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanyiichiichyy
    • Palladius: наньицичи (nanʹiciči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² ci²
    • Yale: nàahn yíh kái chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ ji⁵ kai² tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ yi⁵ kei² qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ jiː¹³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Idiom

難以啟齒

1. to be too embarrassed to mention something; to find it difficult to speak about something