說來話長

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	to come	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (說來話長)		說	來	話	長
simp. (说来话长)		说	来	话	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuōláihuàcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ loi⁴ waa⁶ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuōláihuàcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuoláihuàcháng
    • Wade–Giles: shuo¹-lai²-hua⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: shwō-lái-hwà-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuolaihuahcharng
    • Palladius: шолайхуачан (šolajxuačan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ loi⁴ waa⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: syut lòih wah chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ loi⁴ waa⁶ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ loi⁴ wa⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ lɔːi̯²¹ waː²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

說來話長

1. It's a long story

Synonyms

• 一言難盡／一言难尽 (yīyánnánjìn)