獻媚

Chinese

		to offer	flatter; charm
trad. (獻媚)		獻	媚
simp. (献媚)		献	媚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ mei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-bī / hiàn-mī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànmèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: syàn-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannmey
    • Palladius: сяньмэй (sjanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin³ mei⁶
    • Yale: hin meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-bī
    • Tâi-lô: hiàn-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiernbi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ bi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-mī
    • Tâi-lô: hiàn-mī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiernmi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²²/

Verb

獻媚

1. to try to ingratiate oneself with; to make up to