詞窮理屈

Chinese

		to be unable to give a response as one is in the wrong or has given flawed arguments	to be in the wrong
trad. (詞窮理屈)		詞窮	理屈
simp. (词穷理屈)		词穷	理屈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíqiónglǐqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíqiónglǐqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhcyónglǐcyu
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²-li³-chʻü¹
    • Yale: tsź-chyúng-lǐ-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrchyongliichiu
    • Palladius: цыцюнлицюй (cycjunlicjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat¹
    • Yale: chìh kùhng léih wāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ kung⁴ lei⁵ wat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ kung⁴ léi⁵ wed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵/

Noun

詞窮理屈

1. Synonym of 理屈詞窮／理屈词穷 (lǐqūcíqióng, “to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on”)