媚外

Chinese

		flatter; charm	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (媚外)		媚	外
simp. ^#(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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mèiwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèiwài
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴-wai⁴
  - Yale: mèi-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meyway
  - Palladius: мэйвай (mɛjvaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: meih ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Sinological 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 ɡua²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² ɡua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: mī-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mixgoe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²⁻²¹ ɡue²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-gōe
  - Tâi-lô: bī-guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixgoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²⁻²¹ ɡue²²/

Verb

媚外

to fawn on or toady to foreign powers

Derived terms

崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài)

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