首鼠兩端

Chinese

		to hesitate	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (首鼠兩端)		首鼠	兩	端
simp. (首鼠两端)		首鼠	两	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒushǔliǎngduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² syu² loeng⁵ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒushǔliǎngduān [Phonetic: shóushúliǎngduān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒushǔliǎngduan
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-shu³-liang³-tuan¹
    • Yale: shǒu-shǔ-lyǎng-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushuuleangduan
    • Palladius: шоушуляндуань (šoušuljanduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² syu² loeng⁵ dyun¹
    • Yale: sáu syú léuhng dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sy² loeng⁵ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² xu² lêng⁵ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ syː³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tyːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

首鼠兩端

1. to be hesitant or indecisive

Synonyms

• 首施兩端／首施两端 (shǒushīliǎngduān)
• 首尾兩端／首尾两端 (shǒuwěiliǎngduān)