翻白眼

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	white of the eye; sclera; disdainful look
trad. (翻白眼)		翻	白眼
simp. #(翻白眼)		翻	白眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānbáiyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ baak⁶ ngaan⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fe ⁸baq-nge

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānbáiyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanbáiyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-pai²-yen³
    • Yale: fān-bái-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanbairyean
    • Palladius: фаньбайянь (fanʹbajjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānbáiyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanbáiyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-pai²-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: fān-bái-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanbairyeal
    • Palladius: фаньбайяньр (fanʹbajjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ baak⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: fāan baahk ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ baak⁹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ bag⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ paːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fe ⁸baq-nge
    • MiniDict: fe^平 bah^入 nge
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fe ⁵baq-nge
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe⁴⁴  baʔ¹¹ ŋe²³/

Verb

翻白眼

1. to roll one's eyes
   1. to show one's contempt or frustration
   2. (colloquial) to pass out; to lose consciousness

Synonyms

• (to roll one's eyes): (Hokkien) 反白仁, 吊白仁