秀外慧中

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	intelligent	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (秀外慧中)		秀	外	慧	中
simp. #(秀外慧中)		秀	外	慧	中
alternative forms		秀外惠中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùwàihuìzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ ngoi⁶ wai⁶ zung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): siu³ ghua⁷ hui⁶ dong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùwàihuìzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòuwàihuèijhong
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-wai⁴-hui⁴-chung¹
    • Yale: syòu-wài-hwèi-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowwayhueyjong
    • Palladius: сювайхуэйчжун (sjuvajxuejčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ ngoi⁶ wai⁶ zung¹
    • Yale: sāu ngoih waih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ ngoi⁶ wai⁶ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ ngoi⁶ wei⁶ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²² wɐi̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu³ ghua⁷ hui⁶ dong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù guā hŭi tong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡua¹¹ hui³⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³/

Idiom

秀外慧中

1. (usually of a girl) good-looking and intelligent