似笑非笑

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	laugh; smile	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	laugh; smile
simp. and trad. (似笑非笑)		似	笑	非	笑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìxiàofēixiào

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄟㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sìxiàofēixiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄟㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshiawfeishiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³
  - Yale: chíh siu fēi siu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ siu³ fei¹ siu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ xiu³ féi¹ xiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ siːu̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³³/

Idiom

似笑非笑

to give a faint or forced smile

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