似笑非笑

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	laugh; smile	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	laugh; smile
trad. (似笑非笑)		似	笑	非	笑
simp. #(似笑非笑)		似	笑	非	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìxiàofēixiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìxiàofēixiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhsiàofeisiào
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-hsiao⁴-fei¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-syàu-fēi-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshiawfeishiaw
    • Palladius: сысяофэйсяо (sysjaofɛjsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³
    • Yale: chíh siu fēi siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ xiu³ féi¹ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ siːu̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³³/

Idiom

似笑非笑

1. to give a faint or forced smile