張牙舞爪

Chinese

		(a measure word); surname; open up	tooth; ivory	to dance; to wield; to brandish	claw
trad. (張牙舞爪)		張	牙	舞	爪
simp. (张牙舞爪)		张	牙	舞	爪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngyáwǔzhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄧㄚˊ ㄨˇ ㄓㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ ngaa⁴ mou⁵ zaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngyáwǔzhǎo [Phonetic: zhāngyáwúzhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄧㄚˊ ㄨˇ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangyáwǔjhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-ya²-wu³-chao³
    • Yale: jāng-yá-wǔ-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangyawuujao
    • Palladius: чжанъяучжао (čžanʺjaučžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ ngaa⁴ mou⁵ zaau²
    • Yale: jēung ngàh móuh jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ ngaa⁴ mou⁵ dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ nga⁴ mou⁵ zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ ŋaː²¹ mou̯¹³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

張牙舞爪

1. (of a beast) to be ferocious
2. (of a person, figurative) to act savagely and threateningly