兩頭蛇

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	head; (noun suffix)	snake; serpent
trad. (兩頭蛇)		兩	頭	蛇
simp. (两头蛇)		两	头	蛇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎngtóushé

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lióng-thèu-sà

(Meixian, Guangdong): liong³ têu² sa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngtóushé
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngtóushé
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-tʻou²-shê²
  - Yale: lyǎng-tóu-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangtoursher
  - Palladius: лянтоушэ (ljantoušɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
  - Yale: léuhng tàuh sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ teo⁴ sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-thèu-sà
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong` teuˇ saˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ teu² sa²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ sa¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liong³ têu² sa²
  - Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ³¹ tʰeu¹¹ sa¹¹/

Noun

兩頭蛇

bicephalic snake
(Cantonese, Hakka, figurative) double-faced person; someone who behaves differently in front of different people for their own interest

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