吹鬍子瞪眼

Chinese

			to stare; to look fixedly; to look on in despair
trad. (吹鬍子瞪眼)		吹鬍子	瞪眼
simp. (吹胡子瞪眼)		吹胡子	瞪眼
Literally: “to blow one's moustache and stare (with anger)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuī húzi dèngyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄥˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ wu⁴ zi² dang¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuī húzi dèngyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄥˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuei húzi̊h dèngyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui¹ hu²-tzŭ⁵ têng⁴-yen³
    • Yale: chwēi hú-dz dèng-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuei hwu.tzy denqyean
    • Palladius: чуй хуцзы дэнъянь (čuj xuczy dɛnʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ tɤŋ⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ wu⁴ zi² dang¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: chēui wùh jí dāng ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ wu⁴ dzi² dang¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ wu⁴ ji² deng¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ wuː²¹ t͡siː³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

吹鬍子瞪眼

1. to get angry; to be enraged; to foam at the mouth and glare with rage

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 吹鬚睩眼／吹须睩眼
• (Hokkien) 拌鬚展目／拌须展目, 歕鬚／𬅫须