白鴿眼

Chinese

		white pigeon	eye
trad. (白鴿眼)		白鴿	眼
simp. (白鸽眼)		白鸽	眼

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gaap³ ngaan⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ gaap³ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: baahk gaap ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gaap⁸ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gab³ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kaːp̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

白鴿眼

(Cantonese) to look down on the lower class as inferior; to be arrogant

Synonyms

狗眼看人低 (gǒuyǎn kàn rén dī)

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