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): ㄕㄨㄛㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ loi⁴ waa⁶ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuōláihuàcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuolaihuahchangr
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ loi⁴ waa⁶ coeng⁴
  - Yale: syut lòih wah chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ loi⁴ waa⁶ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ loi⁴ wa⁶ cêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ lɔːi̯²¹ wɑː²² t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

說來話長

it's a long story

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