臉紅脖子粗

Chinese

		to blush; to become bashful, embarrassed or ashamed	neck	coarse; rough; thick coarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude
trad. (臉紅脖子粗)		臉紅	脖子	粗
simp. (脸红脖子粗)		脸红	脖子	粗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎnhóng bózi cū

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ ㄘㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵ hung⁴ but⁶ zi² cou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎnhóng bózi cū
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ ㄘㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnhóng bózi̊h cu
    • Wade–Giles: lien³-hung² po²-tzŭ⁵ tsʻu¹
    • Yale: lyǎn-húng bwó-dz tsū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanhorng bor.tzy tsu
    • Palladius: ляньхун боцзы цу (ljanʹxun boczy cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³ t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵ hung⁴ but⁶ zi² cou¹
    • Yale: líhm hùhng buht jí chōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵ hung⁴ but⁹ dzi² tsou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵ hung⁴ bud⁶ ji² cou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³ hʊŋ²¹ puːt̚² t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

臉紅脖子粗

1. to have one's face flush with anger or agitation; to have one's face turn purple with rage; to appear angry or agitated