可歌可泣

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	song	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to sob
simp. and trad. (可歌可泣)		可	歌	可	泣
Literally: “you can sing or you can cry”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěgēkěqì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄜㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² go¹ ho² jap¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěgēkěqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄜㄎㄜˇ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěgekěcì
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-ko¹-kʻo³-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: kě-gē-kě-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keegekeechih
  - Palladius: кэгэкэци (kɛgɛkɛci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² go¹ ho² jap¹
  - Yale: hó gō hó yāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² go¹ ho² jap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² go¹ ho² yeb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ jɐp̚⁵/

Idiom

可歌可泣

epic; moving

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