禍從口出

Chinese

		disaster	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (禍從口出)		禍	從	口	出
simp. (祸从口出)		祸	从	口	出

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huòcóngkǒuchū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huòcóngkǒuchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huòcóngkǒuchu
  - Wade–Giles: huo⁴-tsʻung²-kʻou³-chʻu¹
  - Yale: hwò-tsúng-kǒu-chū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohtsorngkoouchu
  - Palladius: хоцункоучу (xocunkouču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁶ cung⁴ hau² ceot¹
  - Yale: woh chùhng háu chēut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ tsung⁴ hau² tsoet⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ cung⁴ heo² cêd¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

Idiom

禍從口出

trouble goes out of the mouth; loose lips sink ships