花拳繡腿
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
fist | to embroider | leg | ||
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trad. (花拳繡腿) | 花 | 拳 | 繡 | 腿 | |
simp. (花拳绣腿) | 花 | 拳 | 绣 | 腿 | |
Literally: “flowery fist with fancy footwork”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huacyuánsiòutuěi
- Wade–Giles: hua1-chʻüan2-hsiu4-tʻui3
- Yale: hwā-chywán-syòu-twěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huachyuanshiowtoei
- Palladius: хуацюаньсютуй (xuacjuanʹsjutuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faa1 kyun4 sau3 teoi2
- Yale: fā kyùhn sau téui
- Cantonese Pinyin: faa1 kyn4 sau3 toey2
- Guangdong Romanization: fa1 kün4 seo3 têu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /faː⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ sɐu̯³³ tʰɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]花拳繡腿
- highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic