<p>駁嘴 means '<strong>to talk back</strong>' (reply defiantly or insolently),  usually against someone has authority over you (like parent, teacher, boss)</p>
<p>Example of 駁嘴:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Father: &quot;Son, you must have a good education to get a good job&quot;</em></p>
<p><em>Son: &quot;Oh, yeah? How about Bill Gates? He didn't finish college&quot;</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>反驳 means  '<strong>to rebut</strong>' or '<strong>to refute</strong>' . You are trying to prove that someone's statement is wrong or to expose the falsity stated by someone</p>
<p>Example of 反驳:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>A: &quot;Give the corporations a huge tax cut will create a lot of jobs&quot;</em></p>
<p><em>B: &quot; No, it will not! The corporations will just buy back their stock to make more money for themselves. You can check the history, it happened many times&quot;</em></p>
<p><em>A: &quot; To stop bad guys with guns you have to have good guys with guns&quot;</em></p>
<p><em>B: &quot; No, having more guns in people's hands doesn't solve the gun violence problem. Almost no Japanese have guns and gun related death in Japan last year was three&quot;</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>*駁嘴 in Cantonese is same as 顶嘴 in Mandarin</p>

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<p>駁嘴 means "argue" and "quarrel", while 反驳 means "raise points to debate" and is emotionally neutral.</p>

<p>What you may want is 拌嘴，which means "quarrel".</p>

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拌嘴 (quarrel) is mostly between two parties that are roughly at equal standing. For example: husband and wife; 駁嘴 (talk back) is mostly from one party that's below the other in rank or status
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<p>駁嘴 in Cantonese means to "answer back" or "argue" often in a disrespectful way. URL: <a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16019/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16019/</a></p>

<p>Would 反駁 be the Mandarin equivalent to 駁嘴?</p>

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Would 反駁 be the Mandarin equivalent to 駁嘴?
# Would 反駁 be the Mandarin equivalent to 駁嘴?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-10)

駁嘴 in Cantonese means to "answer back" or "argue" often in a disrespectful way. URL: <http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16019/>

Would 反駁 be the Mandarin equivalent to 駁嘴?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

駁嘴 means '**to talk back**' (reply defiantly or insolently), usually against someone has authority over you (like parent, teacher, boss)

Example of 駁嘴:

> *Father: "Son, you must have a good education to get a good job"*
>
> *Son: "Oh, yeah? How about Bill Gates? He didn't finish college"*

反驳 means '**to rebut**' or '**to refute**' . You are trying to prove that someone's statement is wrong or to expose the falsity stated by someone

Example of 反驳:

> *A: "Give the corporations a huge tax cut will create a lot of jobs"*
>
> *B: " No, it will not! The corporations will just buy back their stock to make more money for themselves. You can check the history, it happened many times"*
>
> *A: " To stop bad guys with guns you have to have good guys with guns"*
>
> *B: " No, having more guns in people's hands doesn't solve the gun violence problem. Almost no Japanese have guns and gun related death in Japan last year was three"*

\*駁嘴 in Cantonese is same as 顶嘴 in Mandarin


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-10. Score: 1

駁嘴 means "argue" and "quarrel", while 反驳 means "raise points to debate" and is emotionally neutral.

What you may want is 拌嘴，which means "quarrel".

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 拌嘴 (quarrel) is mostly between two parties that are roughly at equal standing. For example: husband and wife; 駁嘴 (talk back) is mostly from one party that's below the other in rank or status  

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