和稀泥
Chinese
| mix together; moderate; harmonize | dilute | mud | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (和稀泥) | 和 | 稀 | 泥 | |
| simp. #(和稀泥) | 和 | 稀 | 泥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huò xīní
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huò siní
- Wade–Giles: huo4 hsi1-ni2
- Yale: hwò syī-ní
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh shini
- Palladius: хо сини (xo sini)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wo4 hei1 nai4
- Yale: wòh hēi nàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo4 hei1 nai4
- Guangdong Romanization: wo4 héi1 nei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔː²¹ hei̯⁵⁵ nɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō hi-nî
- Tâi-lô: hō hi-nî
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoi hinii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
和稀泥
- (idiomatic, figurative, colloquial) to try to smooth things over (by blurring the line between right and wrong, in disregard of principles); bothsidesism