窩裡橫

Chinese

		nest	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
trad. (窩裡橫/窩裏橫)		窩	裡/裏	橫
simp. (窝里横)		窝	里	横
Literally: “unruly in the nest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōlǐhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo¹ leoi⁵ waang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōlǐhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄌㄧˇ ㄏㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wolǐhèng
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-li³-hêng⁴
    • Yale: wō-lǐ-hèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uoliihenq
    • Palladius: волихэн (volixɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo¹ leoi⁵ waang⁶
    • Yale: wō léuih waahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo¹ loey⁵ waang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo¹ lêu⁵ wang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³ waːŋ²²/

Verb

窩裡橫

1. (of a person) to seem polite and civilised in public, and only reveal their bad temper, unreasonableness, nastiness, etc. at home