奴顏婢膝

Chinese

		slave	colour; countenance; face	slave girl; maid servant	knee
trad. (奴顏婢膝)		奴	顏	婢	膝
simp. (奴颜婢膝)		奴	颜	婢	膝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): núyánbìxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁴ ngaan⁴ pei⁵ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: núyánbìxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: núyánbìsi
    • Wade–Giles: nu²-yen²-pi⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: nú-yán-bì-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuyanbihshi
    • Palladius: нуяньбиси (nujanʹbisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁴ ngaan⁴ pei⁵ sat¹
    • Yale: nòuh ngàahn péih sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁴ ngaan⁴ pei⁵ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁴ ngan⁴ péi⁵ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²¹ ŋaːn²¹ pʰei̯¹³ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

奴顏婢膝

1. subservient; servile