獐頭鼠目

獐頭鼠目

Chinese

		river deer; roebuck	head; (noun suffix)	rat; mouse	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title
trad. (獐頭鼠目)		獐	頭	鼠	目
simp. (獐头鼠目)		獐	头	鼠	目
variant forms		麞頭鼠目／麞头鼠目
Literally: “with the head of a buck and the eyes of a rat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngtóu shǔmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ tau⁴ syu² muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhāngtóu shǔmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangtour shuumuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ tau⁴ syu² muk⁶
    • Yale: jēung tàuh syú muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ tau⁴ sy² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ teo⁴ xu² mug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ ʃyː³⁵ mʊk̚²/

Idiom

獐頭鼠目

1. repulsively ugly and sly-looking; ugly and shifty; having a mean physiognomy; obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking