齜牙咧嘴

Chinese


trad. (齜牙咧嘴)		齜牙	咧嘴
simp. (龇牙咧嘴)		龇牙	咧嘴
Literally: “to draw back the corners of one's mouth and bare one's teeth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīyáliězuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁶ zeoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zīyáliězuǐ [Phonetic: zīyáliézuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihyáliězuěi
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-ya²-lieh³-tsui³
  - Yale: dz̄-yá-lyě-dzwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyalieetzoei
  - Palladius: цзыялецзуй (czyjaleczuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ jä³⁵ li̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁶ zeoi²
  - Yale: jī ngàh liht jéui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁹ dzoey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ nga⁴ lid⁶ zêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋaː²¹ liːt̚² t͡ʃɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

齜牙咧嘴

to draw back the corners of one's mouth and bare one's teeth; to look fierce
to grimace in pain

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