低頭不語

Chinese

		to lower one's head; to bow one's head; to submit to lower one's head; to bow one's head; to submit; to yield; to give in	to remain silent; to say nothing
trad. (低頭不語)		低頭	不語
simp. (低头不语)		低头	不语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dītóubùyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ tau⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dītóubùyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ditóubùyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-tʻou²-pu⁴-yü³
    • Yale: dī-tóu-bù-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ditourbuyeu
    • Palladius: дитоубуюй (ditoubujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ tau⁴ bat¹ jyu⁵
    • Yale: dāi tàuh bāt yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ tau⁴ bat⁷ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ teo⁴ bed¹ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

Idiom

低頭不語

1. to bow one's head and keep silent; to hang one's head and make no reply; to lower one's head in silence (when one is timid or thinking)