鼻孔朝天

Chinese

		nostril; nose	to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky
simp. and trad. (鼻孔朝天)		鼻孔	朝天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bíkǒngcháotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bíkǒngcháotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bíkǒngcháotian
    • Wade–Giles: pi²-kʻung³-chʻao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: bí-kǔng-cháu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byikoongchaurtian
    • Palladius: бикунчаотянь (bikunčaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Idiom

鼻孔朝天

1. to have one's nose in the air; arrogant; haughty