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張牙舞爪
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Chinese
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(a measure word);
surname
; open up
tooth; ivory
to dance; to wield; to brandish
claw
trad.
(
張牙舞爪
)
張
牙
舞
爪
simp.
(
张牙舞爪
)
张
牙
舞
爪
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
zhāngyáwǔzhǎo
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄓㄤ ㄧㄚˊ ㄨˇ ㄓㄠˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
zoeng
1
ngaa
4
mou
5
zaau
2
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zhāngyáwǔzhǎo
[Phonetic: zhāngyá
wú
zhǎo]
Zhuyin
:
ㄓㄤ ㄧㄚˊ ㄨˇ ㄓㄠˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
jhangyáwǔjhǎo
Wade–Giles
:
chang
1
-ya
2
-wu
3
-chao
3
Yale
:
jāng-yá-wǔ-jǎu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
jangyawuujao
Palladius
:
чжанъяучжао
(čžanʺjaučžao)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
zoeng
1
ngaa
4
mou
5
zaau
2
Yale
:
j
ē
ung ngàh móuh jáau
Cantonese Pinyin
:
dzoeng
1
ngaa
4
mou
5
dzaau
2
Guangdong Romanization
:
zêng
1
nga
4
mou
5
zao
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sœːŋ
⁵⁵
ŋaː
²¹
mou̯¹³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/
Idiom
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張牙舞爪
(
of a beast
)
to be
ferocious
(
of a person
,
figurative
)
to
act
savagely
and
threateningly