八面玲瓏

八面玲瓏

Chinese

		all around; in all directions; from every direction all around; in all directions; from every direction; eight faces
trad. (八面玲瓏)		八面	玲瓏
simp. (八面玲珑)		八面	玲珑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāmiànlínglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāmiànlínglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bamiànlínglóng
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-mien⁴-ling²-lung²
    • Yale: bā-myàn-líng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bamiannlinglong
    • Palladius: бамяньлинлун (bamjanʹlinlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ mjɛn⁵¹ liŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: baat mihn lìhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ miːn²² lɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

八面玲瓏

1. smooth and slick (in making social contacts)

Synonyms

• 八面光 (bāmiànguāng)
• 八面見光／八面见光 (bāmiàn jiànguāng)