饞涎欲滴
Chinese
| gluttonous; greedy | saliva; shamelessly | desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish |
a drop; to drip | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (饞涎欲滴) | 饞 | 涎 | 欲 | 滴 | |
| simp. (馋涎欲滴) | 馋 | 涎 | 欲 | 滴 | |
| Literally: “hanging saliva tends to drip”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chánxiányùdī
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄉㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chánsiányùdi
- Wade–Giles: chʻan2-hsien2-yü4-ti1
- Yale: chán-syán-yù-dī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnshyanyuhdi
- Palladius: чаньсяньюйди (čanʹsjanʹjujdi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ y⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caam4 jin4 juk6 dik6
- Yale: chàahm yìhn yuhk dihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam4 jin4 juk9 dik9
- Guangdong Romanization: cam4 yin4 yug6 dig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ jiːn²¹ jʊk̚² tɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
饞涎欲滴
Synonyms
- 垂涎三尺 (chuíxiánsānchǐ)