得意洋洋

Chinese

		successful; smug; proud successful; smug; proud; self-satisfied	vast; great; impressive vast; great; impressive; overflowing; drifting
simp. and trad. (得意洋洋)		得意	洋洋
alternative forms		得意揚揚／得意扬扬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): déyìyángyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ ji³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: déyìyángyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: déyìyángyáng
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-i⁴-yang²-yang²
    • Yale: dé-yì-yáng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deryihyangyang
    • Palladius: дэиянъян (dɛijanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ ji³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: dāk yi yèuhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ ji³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ yi³ yêng⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³ jœːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

得意洋洋

1. smug; puffed up

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 得戚 (dak1 cik1)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (得意洋洋):

• → Korean: 득의양양(得意揚揚) (deuguiyang'yang)