搖頭晃腦

See also: 摇头晃脑

Chinese

		shake; to rock	head; (noun suffix)	sway; to shade; dazzle	brain
trad. (搖頭晃腦)		搖	頭	晃	腦
simp. (摇头晃脑)		摇	头	晃	脑
Intercalation of 搖晃／摇晃 (yáohuàng) and 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáotóuhuàngnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ tau⁴ fong² nou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáotóuhuàngnǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáotóuhuàngnǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-tʻou²-huang⁴-nao³
    • Yale: yáu-tóu-hwàng-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yautourhuanqnao
    • Palladius: яотоухуаннао (jaotouxuannao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ tau⁴ fong² nou⁵
    • Yale: yìuh tàuh fóng nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ tau⁴ fong² nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ teo⁴ fong² nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ fɔːŋ³⁵ nou̯¹³/

Idiom

搖頭晃腦

1. to wag one's head; to look pleased with oneself; assume an air of self-approbation/self-conceit