不懂裝懂

Chinese

		not; no	to understand; to know	to dress up; costume; to pretend to be to dress up; costume; to pretend to be; to pack; to load; to install	to understand; to know
trad. (不懂裝懂)		不	懂	裝	懂
simp. (不懂装懂)		不	懂	装	懂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄉㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ dung² zong¹ dung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄉㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdǒngjhuangdǒng
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tung³-chuang¹-tung³
    • Yale: bù-dǔng-jwāng-dǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budoongjuangdoong
    • Palladius: будунчжуандун (budunčžuandun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ dung² zong¹ dung²
    • Yale: bāt dúng jōng dúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dung² dzong¹ dung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dung² zong¹ dung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ³⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

不懂裝懂

1. to pretend to understand when one doesn't

   不要不懂裝懂，裝作自己很在行的樣子。 [MSC, trad.]
   不要不懂装懂，装作自己很在行的样子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng, zhuāngzuò zìjǐ hěn zàiháng de yàngzǐ. [Pinyin]

   Don't pretend to be an expert who know something well when you don't.