屁顛屁顛 [－颠－颠]

Jyutping pei3 din1 pei3 din1
Pinyin pì diān pì diān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. jolting buttocks
  2. (colloquial intensifier) groveling
  3. eager
  4. compliant
  5. smug
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, ideophonic
    Describing a person or an animal, often a simple-minded one, which is jump-running towards a place or performing a task joyfully and willingly, such as a servant who cannot wait to run an errand for the master.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    小强自己跑了一段路，回头发现小雄遇见熟人了，本想不理他，自个回家，但大概又放心不下小雄，所以它犹豫一阵后，又屁颠屁颠地跑了回来。
    小強自己跑了一段路，回頭發現小雄遇見熟人了，本想不理他，自個回家，但大概又放心不下小雄，所以它猶豫一陣後，又屁顛屁顛地跑了回來。
    xiǎo qiáng zì jǐ pǎo le yī duàn lù ， huí tóu fā xiàn xiǎo xióng yù jiàn shú rén le ， běn xiǎng bù lǐ tā ， zì gě huí jiā ， dàn dà gài yòu fàng xīn bù xià xiǎo xióng ， suǒ yǐ tā yóu yù yī zhèn hòu ， yòu pì diān pì diān dì pǎo le huí lái ．
    • Xiaoqiang ran part of the way by himself, and when he looked back, he found out that Xiaoxiong met an acquaintance. He originally wanted to not care about him and just go home on his own, but because he was worried about Xiaoxiong, after hesitating for a little bit, he ran back eagerly.