獐頭鼠目
Chinese
river deer; roebuck | head; (noun suffix) | rat; mouse | eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title | ||
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trad. (獐頭鼠目) | 獐 | 頭 | 鼠 | 目 | |
simp. (獐头鼠目) | 獐 | 头 | 鼠 | 目 | |
alternative forms | 麞頭鼠目/獐头鼠目 | ||||
Literally: “with the head of a buck and the eyes of a rat”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhangtóu shǔmù
- Wade–Giles: chang1-tʻou2 shu3-mu4
- Yale: jāng-tóu shǔ-mù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangtour shuumuh
- Palladius: чжантоу шуму (čžantou šumu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zoeng1 tau4 syu2 muk6
- Yale: jēung tàuh syú muhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng1 tau4 sy2 muk9
- Guangdong Romanization: zêng1 teo4 xu2 mug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ mʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
獐頭鼠目
- repulsively ugly and sly-looking; ugly and shifty; having a mean physiognomy; obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking