耍嘴皮

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	lip; glib talk
trad. (耍嘴皮)		耍	嘴皮
simp. #(耍嘴皮)		耍	嘴皮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎ zuǐpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² zeoi² pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎ zuǐpí [Phonetic: shuázuǐpí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎ zuěipí
    • Wade–Giles: shua³ tsui³-pʻi²
    • Yale: shwǎ dzwěi-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa tzoeipyi
    • Palladius: шуа цзуйпи (šua czujpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² zeoi² pei⁴
    • Yale: sá jéui pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² dzoey² pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² zêu² péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

Verb

耍⫽嘴皮 (verb-object)

1. (derogatory) to be a smooth talker; to be a slick talker
2. to be all talk and no action

Synonyms

• 耍嘴皮子 (shuǎ zuǐpízi)
• (Hokkien) 賣喙脣皮／卖喙唇皮, 賣喙水／卖喙水, 鬼水