客氣話

Chinese

		to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite; courteous; civil	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (客氣話)		客氣	話
simp. (客气话)		客气	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèqihuà, kèqìhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ hei³ waa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheh-khì-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèqihuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèci̊huà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻi⁵-hua⁴
    • Yale: kè-chi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.chihuah
    • Palladius: кэцихуа (kɛcixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèqìhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kècìhuà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻi⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: kè-chì-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehchihhuah
    • Palladius: кэцихуа (kɛcixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ hei³ waa⁶
    • Yale: haak hei wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ hei³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ héi³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ hei̯³³ waː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-khì-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: kheh-khì-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehqie'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/

Noun

客氣話

1. polite formula; phatic expression

Synonyms

• 套話／套话 (tàohuà)
• 套語／套语 (tàoyǔ)
• 客套話／客套话 (kètàohuà)