見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn rén shuō rénhuà, jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ , ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn rén shuō rénhuà, jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ , ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn rén shuo rénhuà, jiàn guěi shuo guěihuà
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴ jên² shuo¹ jên²-hua⁴, chien⁴ kuei³ shuo¹ kuei³-hua⁴
  - Yale: jyàn rén shwō rén-hwà-, jyàn gwěi shwō gwěi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann ren shuo renhuah, jiann goei shuo goeihuah
  - Palladius: цзянь жэнь шо жэньхуа, цзянь гуй шо гуйхуа (czjanʹ žɛnʹ šo žɛnʹxua, czjanʹ guj šo gujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/

Proverb

見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話

(figurative) to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; (derogatory) to be crafty and two-faced

Synonyms

見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話／见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话 (jiàn rén jiǎng rénhuà, jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐhuà)
(Min Nan) 食四面風，講五色話／食四面风，讲五色话

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