狗眼看人低

Chinese

		dog's eyes; fragile eyes	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	man; person; people	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (狗眼看人低)		狗眼	看	人	低
simp. ^#(狗眼看人低)		狗眼	看	人	低

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī [Phonetic: góuyǎnkànréndī]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǒuyǎn kàn rén di
  - Wade–Giles: kou³-yen³ kʻan⁴ jên² ti¹
  - Yale: gǒu-yǎn kàn rén dī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goouyean kann ren di
  - Palladius: гоуянь кань жэнь ди (goujanʹ kanʹ žɛnʹ di)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ti⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹
  - Yale: gáu ngáahn hon yàhn dāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaan⁵ hon³ jan⁴ dai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngan⁵ hon³ yen⁴ dei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːn¹³ hɔːn³³ jɐn²¹ tɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗眼看人低

(figurative) to act like a snob; to look down on someone even when one is no better

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 白鴿眼／白鸽眼

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