豹頭猿臂

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See also: 豹头猿臂

Chinese

		leopard; panther	head; (noun suffix)	ape	arm
trad. (豹頭猿臂)		豹	頭	猿	臂
simp. (豹头猿臂)		豹	头	猿	臂
Literally: “The head of a leopard and the arms of an ape”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàotóuyuánbì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ tau⁴ jyun⁴ bei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàotóuyuánbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàotóuyuánbì
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-tʻou²-yüan²-pi⁴
  - Yale: bàu-tóu-ywán-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawtouryuanbih
  - Palladius: баотоуюаньби (baotoujuanʹbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau³ tau⁴ jyun⁴ bei³
  - Yale: paau tàuh yùhn bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ tau⁴ jyn⁴ bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao³ teo⁴ yun⁴ béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn²¹ pei̯³³/

Idiom

豹頭猿臂

(figurative) person with an imposing and majestic bearing
- 卓視之，其人身長九尺，虎體狼腰，豹頭猿臂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  卓视之，其人身长九尺，虎体狼腰，豹头猿臂 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Zhuó shì zhī, qí rén shēncháng jiǔ chǐ, hǔtǐlángyāo, bàotóuyuánbì
  Zhuo took a look at the man, who stood at a height of nine chi, had a tiger-like torso, a wolf-like waist, a panther-like head, and ape-like arms

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