吃軟不吃硬

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	soft; flexible	not; no	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm
trad. (吃軟不吃硬)		吃	軟	不	吃	硬
simp. (吃软不吃硬)		吃	软	不	吃	硬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīruǎnbùchīyìng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīruǎnbùchīyìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihruǎnbùchihyìng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-juan³-pu⁴-chʻih¹-ying⁴
  - Yale: chr̄-rwǎn-bù-chr̄-yìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyroanbuchyyinq
  - Palladius: чижуаньбучиин (čižuanʹbučiin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ jyun⁵ bat¹ hek³ ngaang⁶
  - Yale: hek yúhn bāt hek ngaahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ jyn⁵ bat⁷ hek⁸ ngaang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yun⁵ bed¹ hég³ ngang⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɛːk̚³ ŋaːŋ²²/

Idiom

吃軟不吃硬

to be amenable to friendly persuasion but not to compulsion

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 受軟唔受硬／受软唔受硬, 食軟唔食硬／食软唔食硬

Antonyms

吃硬不吃軟／吃硬不吃软

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