翹尾巴

Chinese

		outstanding; to raise	tail; tail-like part
trad. (翹尾巴)		翹	尾巴
simp. (翘尾巴)		翘	尾巴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiào wěiba, qiào yǐba

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ, ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄧˇ ˙ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ mei⁵ baa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào wěiba
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào wěibå
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴ wei³-pa⁵
    • Yale: chyàu wěi-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw woei.ba
    • Palladius: цяо вэйба (cjao vɛjba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiào yǐba
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄧˇ ˙ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciào yǐbå
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴ i³-pa⁵
    • Yale: chyàu yǐ-ba
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw yii.ba
    • Palladius: цяо иба (cjao iba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴ b̥ä⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàoyǐbar
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄧˇ ˙ㄅㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàoyǐbår
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-i³-pa⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyàu-yǐ-bar
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiawyii.bal
    • Palladius: цяоибар (cjaoibar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ i²¹⁴ b̥ɑɻ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ mei⁵ baa¹
    • Yale: kìuh méih bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ mei⁵ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ méi⁵ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ mei̯¹³ paː⁵⁵/

Verb

翹⫽尾巴 (verb-object)

1. (figuratively) to be cocky; to be haughty and snooty

   • 倒是沒有犯過錯誤的人容易犯錯誤，因為他容易把尾巴翹得高。 [MSC, trad.]
     倒是没有犯过错误的人容易犯错误，因为他容易把尾巴翘得高。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dàoshì méiyǒu fàn guò cuòwù de rén róngyì fàn cuòwù, yīnwèi tā róngyì bǎ wěiba qiào de gāo. [Pinyin]

     On the other hand, since it is easier for those who have not erred to become cocky, they are prone to make mistakes.