露馬腳

Chinese

		to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew	flaw
trad. (露馬腳)		露	馬腳
simp. (露马脚)		露	马脚

Alternative forms

• 露出馬腳／露出马脚 (lòuchū mǎjiǎo)

Etymology

See 馬腳／马脚 (mǎjiǎo) for details.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lòumǎjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ maa⁵ goek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-bé-kha
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu ⁶mo-ciaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lòumǎjiǎo [Phonetic: lòumájiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lòumǎjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lou⁴-ma³-chiao³
    • Yale: lòu-mǎ-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lowmaajeau
    • Palladius: лоумацзяо (loumaczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ maa⁵ goek³
    • Yale: louh máh geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ maa⁵ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ ma⁵ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² maː¹³ kœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-bé-kha
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-bé-kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxbefqaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu ⁶mo-ciaq
    • MiniDict: lu^去 mo^去 ciah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu ³mo-jiaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu³³  mo²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

露⫽馬腳 (verb-object)

1. to give oneself away; to unintentionally reveal hidden information

Synonyms

• 露餡／露馅 (lòuxiàn)
• (Cantonese) 穿煲 (cyun¹ bou¹)
• (Hokkien) 龜跤趖出來／龟跤趖出来