嗷嗷待哺

Chinese

		sound of crying	to wait for feeding; to wait to be fed
trad. (嗷嗷待哺)		嗷嗷	待哺
simp. #(嗷嗷待哺)		嗷嗷	待哺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áo'áodàibǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄠˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁴ ngou⁴ daai¹ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áo'áodàibǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄠˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áo-áodàibǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ao²-ao²-tai⁴-pu³
    • Yale: áu-áu-dài-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: auraurdaybuu
    • Palladius: аоаодайбу (aoaodajbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁴ ngou⁴ daai¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: ngòuh ngòuh dāai bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁴ ngou⁴ daai¹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁴ ngou⁴ dai¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²¹ ŋou̯²¹ taːi̯⁵⁵ pou̯²²/

Idiom

嗷嗷待哺

1. starving; crying out in hunger

References

• 嗷嗷待哺 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
• “Entry #147376”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.