燕頷虎鬚

See also: 燕颔虎须

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	chin; nod assent	tiger's whiskers
trad. (燕頷虎鬚)		燕	頷	虎鬚
simp. (燕颔虎须)		燕	颔	虎须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànhànhǔxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ ham⁵ fu² sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànhànhǔxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànhànhǔsyu
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-han⁴-hu³-hsü¹
    • Yale: yàn-hàn-hǔ-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannhannhuushiu
    • Palladius: яньханьхусюй (janʹxanʹxusjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ ham⁵ fu² sou¹
    • Yale: yin háhm fú sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ ham⁵ fu² sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ hem⁵ fu² sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ hɐm¹³ fuː³⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

燕頷虎鬚

1. to look rich and powerful