媚外

Chinese

		flatter; charm	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (媚外)		媚	外
simp. #(媚外)		媚	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèiwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ngoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bī-gōa / mī-gōe / bī-gōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèiwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèiwài
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴-wai⁴
    • Yale: mèi-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyway
    • Palladius: мэйвай (mɛjvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: meih ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-gōa
    • Tâi-lô: bī-guā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixgoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɡua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ɡua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: mī-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mixgoe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ ɡue²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: bī-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixgoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɡue²²/

Verb

媚外

1. to fawn on or toady to foreign powers

Derived terms

• 崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài)