悄悄話

See also: 悄悄话

Chinese

		quiet; silent; distressed quiet; silent; distressed; sorrowful	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (悄悄話)		悄悄	話
simp. (悄悄话)		悄悄	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāoqiāohuà, qiǎoqiǎohuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu² ciu² waa⁶, ciu⁵ ciu⁵ waa⁶, ciu³ ciu³ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāoqiāohuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciaociaohuà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹-chʻiao¹-hua⁴
    • Yale: chyāu-chyāu-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiauchiauhuah
    • Palladius: цяоцяохуа (cjaocjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāoqiāohuàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciaociaohuàr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹-chʻiao¹-hua⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyāu-chyāu-hwàr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiauchiauhuall
    • Palladius: цяоцяохуар (cjaocjaoxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎoqiǎohuà [Phonetic: qiáoqiǎohuà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎociǎohuà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao³-chʻiao³-hua⁴
    • Yale: chyǎu-chyǎu-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheaucheauhuah
    • Palladius: цяоцяохуа (cjaocjaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu² ciu² waa⁶, ciu⁵ ciu⁵ waa⁶, ciu³ ciu³ waa⁶
    • Yale: chíu chíu wah, chíuh chíuh wah, chiu chiu wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu² tsiu² waa⁶, tsiu⁵ tsiu⁵ waa⁶, tsiu³ tsiu³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu² qiu² wa⁶, qiu⁵ qiu⁵ wa⁶, qiu³ qiu³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯³⁵ waː²²/, /t͡sʰiːu̯¹³ t͡sʰiːu̯¹³ waː²²/, /t͡sʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰiːu̯³³ waː²²/

Noun

悄悄話

1. whispers

   對某人講悄悄話／对某人讲悄悄话  ―  duì mǒurén jiǎng qiāoqiāohuà  ―  to whisper in sb's ear

2. sweet nothings