奴顏媚骨

Chinese

		sycophancy	obsequiousness
trad. (奴顏媚骨)		奴顏	媚骨
simp. (奴颜媚骨)		奴颜	媚骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): núyánmèigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: núyánmèigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: núyánmèigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: nu²-yen²-mei⁴-ku³
    • Yale: nú-yán-mèi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuyanmeyguu
    • Palladius: нуяньмэйгу (nujanʹmɛjgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

奴顏媚骨

1. (derogatory) bowing and scraping; sycophancy and obsequiousness