左顧右盼

Chinese

		left	look after; take into consideration; to attend to	right (-hand)	to hope for; to long for; to expect
trad. (左顧右盼)		左	顧	右	盼
simp. (左顾右盼)		左	顾	右	盼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒgùyòupàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒgùyòupàn
  - Wade–Giles: tso³-ku⁴-yu⁴-pʻan⁴
  - Yale: dzwǒ-gù-yòu-pàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuooguhyowpann
  - Palladius: цзогуюпань (czogujupanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
  - Yale: jó gu yauh paan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² gu³ jau⁶ paan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo² gu³ yeo⁶ pan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ kuː³³ jɐu̯²² pʰaːn³³/

Idiom

左顧右盼

to look around anxiously or smugly