八面玲瓏

Chinese

		all around; in all directions; from every direction
trad. (八面玲瓏)		八面	玲瓏
simp. (八面玲珑)		八面	玲珑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāmiànlínglóng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāmiànlínglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba1miannlinglong
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ liŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
  - Yale: baat mihn lìhng lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ miːn²² lɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

八面玲瓏

smooth and slick (in making social contacts)

Synonyms

八面光 (bāmiànguāng)
八面見光／八面见光 (bāmiàn jiànguāng)

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