三緘其口

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三緘其口

  • sānjiānqíkǒu Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄎㄡˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • saam¹ gaam¹ kei⁴ hau² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • sānjiānqíkǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄎㄡˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • sanjiancíkǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • san¹-chien¹-chʻi²-kʻou³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • sān-jyān-chí-kǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • sanjianchyikoou Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • саньцзяньцикоу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • saam¹ gaam¹ kei⁴ hau² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sāam gāam kèih háu Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sam¹ gam¹ kéi⁴ heo² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /saːm⁵⁵ kaːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

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phrase 三缄其口

  1. 形容說話謹慎;也用來形容不肯或不敢開口

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {三緘其口},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%B8%89%E7%B7%98%E5%85%B6%E5%8F%A3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}