左顧右盼

Chinese

		left	look after; take into consideration; to attend to	right (-hand)	to hope for; to long for; to expect
trad. (左顧右盼)		左	顧	右	盼
simp. (左顾右盼)		左	顾	右	盼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒgùyòupàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
    • Wade–Giles: tso³-ku⁴-yu⁴-pʻan⁴
    • Yale: dzwǒ-gù-yòu-pàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuooguhyowpann
    • Palladius: цзогуюпань (czogujupanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
    • Yale: jó gu yauh paan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² gu³ yeo⁶ pan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kuː³³ jɐu̯²² pʰaːn³³/

Idiom

左顧右盼

1. to look around anxiously or smugly