乳臭未乾

See also: 乳臭未干

Chinese

		smell of one's mother's milk; childishness, boyishness	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
trad. (乳臭未乾)		乳臭	未	乾
simp. (乳臭未干)		乳臭	未	干

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǔxiùwèigān

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ cau³ mei⁶ gon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǔxiùwèigān
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsiòuwèigan
  - Wade–Giles: ju³-hsiu⁴-wei⁴-kan¹
  - Yale: rǔ-syòu-wèi-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruushiowweygan
  - Palladius: жусювэйгань (žusjuvɛjganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ cau³ mei⁶ gon¹
  - Yale: yúh chau meih gōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ tsau³ mei⁶ gon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ceo³ méi⁶ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯³³ mei̯²² kɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

乳臭未乾

(figurative, derogatory) still very young; wet behind the ears; callow
乳臭未乾的大學生 [MSC, trad.]
乳臭未干的大学生 [MSC, simp.]
rǔxiùwèigān de dàxuéshēng [Pinyin]
callow university students

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 腦囟都未生埋／脑囟都未生埋 (nou⁵ seon^3-2 dou¹ mei⁶ saang¹ maai⁴)

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