搖頭擺腦
See also: 摇头摆脑
Chinese
| shake; to rock | head; (noun suffix) | pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit |
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| trad. (搖頭擺腦) | 搖 | 頭 | 擺 | 腦 | |
| simp. (摇头摆脑) | 摇 | 头 | 摆 | 脑 | |
| Intercalation of 搖擺／摇摆 (yáobǎi) and 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo). | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yáotóubǎinǎo [Phonetic: yáotóubáinǎo]
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáotóubǎinǎo
- Wade–Giles: yao2-tʻou2-pai3-nao3
- Yale: yáu-tóu-bǎi-nǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yautourbaenao
- Palladius: яотоубайнао (jaotoubajnao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jiu4 tau4 baai2 nou5
- Yale: yìuh tàuh báai nóuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu4 tau4 baai2 nou5
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu4 teo4 bai2 nou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-thâu-pái-náu
- Tâi-lô: iô-thâu-pái-náu
- Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'tau'paynao
- IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nãu⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
搖頭擺腦