光說不做

See also: 光说不做

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	not; no	to do; to make; to produce
trad. (光說不做)		光	說	不	做
simp. (光说不做)		光	说	不	做

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngshuōbùzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ syut³ bat¹ zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngshuōbùzuò [Phonetic: guāngshuōbúzuò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangshuobùzuò
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-shuo¹-pu⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-shwō-bù-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangshuobutzuoh
    • Palladius: гуаншобуцзо (guanšobuczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ syut³ bat¹ zou⁶
    • Yale: gwōng syut bāt jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ syt⁸ bat⁷ dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ xud³ bed¹ zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ syːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sou̯²²/

Idiom

光說不做

1. all talk and no action; all bark and no bite