幺蛾子

Chinese

		tiny; youngest; one tiny; youngest; one; ace	moth
trad. (幺蛾子/么蛾子)		幺/么	蛾子
simp. (幺蛾子)		幺	蛾子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo'ézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāo'ézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yao-ézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-o²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yāu-é-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauer.tzy
    • Palladius: яоэцзы (jaoeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Noun

幺蛾子

1. (dialectal) bad suggestion; bad idea