翻白眼

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	white of the eye; sclera; disdainful look
trad. (翻白眼)		翻	白眼
simp. ^#(翻白眼)		翻	白眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fānbáiyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ baak⁶ ngaan⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹fe ⁸baq-nge

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānbáiyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanbáiyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-pai²-yen³
  - Yale: fān-bái-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanbairyean
  - Palladius: фаньбайянь (fanʹbajjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānbáiyǎnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanbáiyǎnr
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-pai²-yen³-ʼrh
  - Yale: fān-bái-yǎnr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanbairyeal
  - Palladius: фаньбайяньр (fanʹbajjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ baak⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: fāan baahk ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ baak⁹ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ bag⁶ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ paːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹fe ⁸baq-nge
  - MiniDict: fe^平 bah^入 nge
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fe ⁵baq-nge
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe⁴⁴ baʔ¹¹ ŋe²³/

Verb

翻白眼

to roll one's eyes
1. to show one's contempt or frustration
2. (colloquial) to pass out; to lose consciousness

Synonyms

(to roll one's eyes): (Hokkien) 反白仁, 吊白仁

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