兩頭蛇

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	head; (noun suffix)	snake; serpent
trad. (兩頭蛇)		兩	頭	蛇
simp. (两头蛇)		两	头	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngtóushé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lióng-thèu-sà

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liong³ têu² sa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngtóushé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngtóushé
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-tʻou²-shê²
    • Yale: lyǎng-tóu-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangtoursher
    • Palladius: лянтоушэ (ljantoušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
    • Yale: léuhng tàuh sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ tau⁴ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ teo⁴ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-thèu-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: liong` teuˇ saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ teu² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ sa¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liong³ têu² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ³¹ tʰeu¹¹ sa¹¹/

Noun

兩頭蛇

1. bicephalic snake
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, figurative) double-faced person; someone who behaves differently in front of different people for their own interest