灰頭土臉

See also: 灰头土脸

Chinese

		gray; ash	head; (noun suffix)	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	face
trad. (灰頭土臉)		灰	頭	土	臉
simp. (灰头土脸)		灰	头	土	脸
Literally: “to have one's entire head a face covered in dirt”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huītóutǔliǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huītóutǔliǎn [Phonetic: huītóutúliǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueitourtuulean
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueitóutǔliǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ljɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵
  - Yale: fūi tàuh tóu líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ tau⁴ tou² lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ teo⁴ tou² lim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːy̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ liːm¹³/

Idiom

灰頭土臉

to look despondent; to look dejected

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