要風度不要溫度

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	elegance; grace; poise elegance; grace; poise; demeanor; manners	to not want; not going to; will not	temperature
trad. (要風度不要溫度/要風度不要温度)		要	風度	不要	溫度/温度
simp. (要风度不要温度)		要	风度	不要	温度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào fēngdù bùyào wēndù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄣ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ fung¹ dou⁶ bat¹ jiu³ wan¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yào fēngdù bùyào wēndù [Phonetic: yào fēngdù búyào wēndù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄥ ㄉㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄣ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào fongdù bùyào wundù
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴ fêng¹-tu⁴ pu⁴-yao⁴ wên¹-tu⁴
    • Yale: yàu fēng-dù bù-yàu wēn-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw fengduh buyaw uenduh
    • Palladius: яо фэнду буяо вэньду (jao fɛndu bujao vɛnʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ tu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wən⁵⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ fung¹ dou⁶ bat¹ jiu³ wan¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: yiu fūng douh bāt yiu wān douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ fung¹ dou⁶ bat⁷ jiu³ wan¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ fung¹ dou⁶ bed¹ yiu³ wen¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ wɐn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Phrase

要風度不要溫度

1. (one who would rather) be fashionable than comfortable; (one who) wears little on a cold day to look attractive

Synonyms

• 愛美不要命／爱美不要命
• (Cantonese) 要靚唔要命／要靓唔要命
• (Min Nan) 愛媠毋驚流鼻水／爱媠毋惊流鼻水
• (Singapore Min Nan) 愛媠莫命／爱媠莫命