後母臉
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]stepmother | face | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (後母臉) | 後母 | 臉 | |
simp. (后母脸) | 后母 | 脸 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòumǔliǎn
- Wade–Giles: hou4-mu3-lien3
- Yale: hòu-mǔ-lyǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmuulean
- Palladius: хоумулянь (xoumuljanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
[edit]後母臉
- stepmother's face
- (Taiwan, figuratively) unpredictable, unstable, harsh weather (changing like the face of a stepmother)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Entry #4923”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.