有口難言

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (有口難言)		有	口	難	言
simp. (有口难言)		有	口	难	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒukǒunányán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒukǒunányán [Phonetic: yóukǒunányán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukoounanyan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nän³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: yáuh háu nàahn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hau² naan⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ heo² nan⁴ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hɐu̯³⁵ näːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

有口難言

cannot bring oneself to mention something; to find it hard or embarrassing to bring up a matter

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