粵

開hoi1金gam1口hau2

hoi1 gam1 hau2kāi jīn kǒuinferred

English

  1. an important person to make an influential speech
  2. a taciturn person to speak and to sing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 位高權重嘅人開口講一啲有影響力嘅説話
  2. 惜字如金、寡言嘅人開口講嘢或唱歌

Examples

  • 佢哋最聽你話,你肯開金口就一定冇問題。

    They always listen to you. If you ask them, there would be no problem. ----

  • 佢平時粒聲唔出,難得今日開金口同我哋一齊討論。

    He doesn't talk much usually. Today is a rare case that he discuss with us.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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