乳臭未乾

See also: 乳臭未干

Chinese

		smell of one's mother's milk; childishness, boyishness	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
trad. (乳臭未乾)		乳臭	未	乾
simp. (乳臭未干)		乳臭	未	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔxiùwèigān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ cau³ mei⁶ gon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔxiùwèigān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsiòuwèigan
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-hsiu⁴-wei⁴-kan¹
    • Yale: rǔ-syòu-wèi-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruushiowweygan
    • Palladius: жусювэйгань (žusjuvɛjganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ cau³ mei⁶ gon¹
    • Yale: yúh chau meih gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ tsau³ mei⁶ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ceo³ méi⁶ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯³³ mei̯²² kɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

乳臭未乾

1. (figurative, derogatory) still very young; wet behind the ears; callow

   乳臭未乾的大學生 [MSC, trad.]
   乳臭未干的大学生 [MSC, simp.]

   rǔxiùwèigān de dàxuéshēng [Pinyin]

   callow university students

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 腦囟都未生埋／脑囟都未生埋 (nou⁵ seon^3-2 dou¹ mei⁶ saang¹ maai⁴)