搖頭擺腦

See also: 摇头摆脑

Chinese

		shake; to rock	head; (noun suffix)	pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	brain
trad. (搖頭擺腦)		搖	頭	擺	腦
simp. (摇头摆脑)		摇	头	摆	脑
Intercalation of 搖擺／摇摆 (yáobǎi) and 頭腦／头脑 (tóunǎo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáotóubǎinǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ tau⁴ baai² nou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-thâu-pái-náu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáotóubǎinǎo [Phonetic: yáotóubáinǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáotóubǎinǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-tʻou²-pai³-nao³
    • Yale: yáu-tóu-bǎi-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yautourbaenao
    • Palladius: яотоубайнао (jaotoubajnao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ tau⁴ baai² nou⁵
    • Yale: yìuh tàuh báai nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ tau⁴ baai² nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ teo⁴ bai² nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ paːi̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-thâu-pái-náu
    • Tâi-lô: iô-thâu-pái-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'tau'paynao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nãu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/

Idiom

搖頭擺腦

1. Synonym of 搖頭晃腦／摇头晃脑 (yáotóuhuàngnǎo).