擺尾

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	tail
trad. (擺尾)		擺	尾
simp. (摆尾)		摆	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai² mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiwěi [Phonetic: báiwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiwěi
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-wei³
    • Yale: bǎi-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewoei
    • Palladius: байвэй (bajvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai² mei⁵
    • Yale: báai méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/

Verb

擺⫽尾 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to wag the tail
2. (figurative) to beg and try to please
3. (figurative) to be so excited that one gets carried away