點頭哈腰

Chinese

		to nod; to agree; to consent to nod; to agree; to consent; to approve	to stoop; to bend over; to bow slightly
trad. (點頭哈腰)		點頭	哈腰
simp. (点头哈腰)		点头	哈腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎntóuhāyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄚ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² tau⁴ haa¹ jiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎntóuhāyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄚ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎntóuhayao
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-tʻou²-ha¹-yao¹
    • Yale: dyǎn-tóu-hā-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deantourhaiau
    • Palladius: дяньтоухаяо (djanʹtouxajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xä⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² tau⁴ haa¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: dím tàuh hā yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² tau⁴ haa¹ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² teo⁴ ha¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ haː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

點頭哈腰

1. to uncritically and enthusiastically support someone; (specifically) to be excessively but superficially obsequious