花拳繡腿

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	fist	to embroider	leg
trad. (花拳繡腿)		花	拳	繡	腿
simp. (花拳绣腿)		花	拳	绣	腿
Literally: “flowery fist with fancy footwork”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāquánxiùtuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ kyun⁴ sau³ teoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāquánxiùtuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huacyuánsiòutuěi
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-chʻüan²-hsiu⁴-tʻui³
  - Yale: hwā-chywán-syòu-twěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huachyuanshiowtoei
  - Palladius: хуацюаньсютуй (xuacjuanʹsjutuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ kyun⁴ sau³ teoi²
  - Yale: fā kyùhn sau téui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ kyn⁴ sau³ toey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ kün⁴ seo³ têu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ sɐu̯³³ tʰɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

花拳繡腿

highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic

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