空口說白話

Chinese

		empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement; air interface	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	empty words; meaningless talk
trad. (空口說白話)		空口	說	白話
simp. (空口说白话)		空口	说	白话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngkǒu shuō báihuà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ hau² syut³ baak⁶ waa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngkǒu shuō báihuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongkǒu shuo báihuà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-kʻou³ shuo¹ pai²-hua⁴
  - Yale: kūng-kǒu shwō bái-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongkoou shuo bairhuah
  - Palladius: кункоу шо байхуа (kunkou šo bajxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ hau² syut³ baak⁶ waa⁶
  - Yale: hūng háu syut baahk wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hau² syt⁸ baak⁹ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ heo² xud³ bag⁶ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ syːt̚³ paːk̚² waː²²/

Idiom

空口說白話

to make empty promises
指望你今天送錢來，原來是空口說白話。 [MSC, trad.]
指望你今天送钱来，原来是空口说白话。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhǐwàng nǐ jīntiān sòng qián lái, yuánlái shì kōngkǒushuōbáihuà. [Pinyin]
I expected you to send money today, but it turned out to be empty talk.

Synonyms

空口講白話／空口讲白话 (kōngkǒu jiǎng báihuà)
空口說空話／空口说空话 (kōngkǒu shuō kōnghuà)

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