媚外

Chinese

		flatter; charm	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
simp. and trad. (媚外)		媚	外

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mèiwài

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ ngoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bī-gōa / mī-gōe / bī-gōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mèiwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyway
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: meih ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ngoi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² ŋɔːi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-gōa
  - Tâi-lô: bī-guā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixgoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ gua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² gua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: mī-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mixgoe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ gue²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: bī-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixgoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ gue²²/

Verb

媚外

to fawn on or toady to foreign powers

Derived terms

崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài)

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