蛇頭鼠眼

Chinese

		snake; serpent	head; (noun suffix)	rat; mouse	eye
trad. (蛇頭鼠眼)		蛇	頭	鼠	眼
simp. (蛇头鼠眼)		蛇	头	鼠	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shétóushǔyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ tau⁴ syu² ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shétóushǔyǎn [Phonetic: shétóushúyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shétóushǔyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-tʻou²-shu³-yen³
    • Yale: shé-tóu-shǔ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shertourshuuyean
    • Palladius: шэтоушуянь (šɛtoušujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ tau⁴ syu² ngaan⁵
    • Yale: sèh tàuh syú ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ tau⁴ sy² ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ teo⁴ xu² ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

蛇頭鼠眼

1. to look ugly and shifty; to be obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking

Synonyms

• 獐頭鼠目／獐头鼠目 (zhāngtóushǔmù)