齜牙咧嘴

Chinese

trad. (齜牙咧嘴)		齜牙	咧嘴
simp. (龇牙咧嘴)		龇牙	咧嘴
Literally: “to draw back the corners of one's mouth and bare one's teeth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīyáliězuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁶ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīyáliězuǐ [Phonetic: zīyáliézuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄝˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihyáliězuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-ya²-lieh³-tsui³
    • Yale: dz̄-yá-lyě-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyalieetzoei
    • Palladius: цзыялецзуй (czyjaleczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ jä³⁵ li̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁶ zeoi²
    • Yale: jī ngàh liht jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ ngaa⁴ lit⁹ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ nga⁴ lid⁶ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋaː²¹ liːt̚² t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

齜牙咧嘴

1. to draw back the corners of one's mouth and bare one's teeth; to look fierce
2. to grimace in pain