哭爹喊娘

Chinese

		to cry; to weep	dad	call; cry; to shout	mother; young lady
trad. (哭爹喊娘)		哭	爹	喊	娘
simp. #(哭爹喊娘)		哭	爹	喊	娘
Literally: “to cry for one's father and scream for one's mother”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūdiēhǎnniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄏㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūdiēhǎnniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄉㄧㄝ ㄏㄢˇ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kudiehǎnniáng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-tieh¹-han³-niang²
    • Yale: kū-dyē-hǎn-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kudiehaanniang
    • Palladius: кудеханьнян (kudexanʹnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

哭爹喊娘

1. (derogatory) to cry in desperation