巴頭探腦

Chinese

		(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	head; (noun suffix)	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	brain
trad. (巴頭探腦)		巴	頭	探	腦
simp. (巴头探脑)		巴	头	探	脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bātóutànnǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ tau⁴ taam³ nou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bātóutànnǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: batóutànnǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tʻou²-tʻan⁴-nao³
    • Yale: bā-tóu-tàn-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batourtannnao
    • Palladius: батоутаньнао (batoutanʹnao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bātóutànnǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: batóutànnǎor
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tʻou²-tʻan⁴-nao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bā-tóu-tàn-nǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: batourtannnaol
    • Palladius: батоутаньнаор (batoutanʹnaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ tau⁴ taam³ nou⁵
    • Yale: bā tàuh taam nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ tau⁴ taam³ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ teo⁴ tam³ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰaːm³³ nou̯¹³/

Idiom

巴頭探腦

1. (regional) to pop one's head in and look about

Synonyms

• 探頭探腦／探头探脑 (tàntóutànnǎo)