目定口呆
Chinese
editeye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order |
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | foolish; stupid; no expression foolish; stupid; no expression; stay | ||
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trad. (目定口呆) | 目 | 定 | 口 | 呆 | |
simp. #(目定口呆) | 目 | 定 | 口 | 呆 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mùdìngkǒudai
- Wade–Giles: mu4-ting4-kʻou3-tai1
- Yale: mù-dìng-kǒu-dāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhdinqkooudai
- Palladius: мудинкоудай (mudinkoudaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: muk6 ding6 hau2 ngoi4
- Yale: muhk dihng háu ngòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: muk9 ding6 hau2 ngoi4
- Guangdong Romanization: mug6 ding6 heo2 ngoi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mʊk̚² tɪŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
edit目定口呆
- Synonym of 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi, “to be stupefied; to be dumbfounded”)
- 伯芬聽了,不覺目定口呆,漲紅了臉,回答不上來,只好搭訕著走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 93
- Bófēn tīng le, bùjiào mùdìngkǒudāi, zhàng hóng le liǎn, huídá bù shànglái, zhǐhǎo dāshàn zhe zǒu le. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
伯芬听了,不觉目定口呆,涨红了脸,回答不上来,只好搭讪着走了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
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