首尾兩端

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	tail	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (首尾兩端)		首	尾	兩	端
simp. (首尾两端)		首	尾	两	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwěiliǎngduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mei⁵ loeng⁵ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwěiliǎngduān [Phonetic: shóuwéiliǎngduān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwěiliǎngduan
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wei³-liang³-tuan¹
    • Yale: shǒu-wěi-lyǎng-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwoeileangduan
    • Palladius: шоувэйляндуань (šouvɛjljanduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mei⁵ loeng⁵ dyun¹
    • Yale: sáu méih léuhng dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mei⁵ loeng⁵ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² méi⁵ lêng⁵ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

首尾兩端

1. Synonym of 首鼠兩端 / 首鼠两端 (shǒushǔliǎngduān, “to be hesitant or indecisive”)