忽悠

Chinese

		suddenly	at ease; long (in time); sad
trad. (忽悠)		忽	悠
simp. #(忽悠)		忽	悠

Etymology

Originally a northeastern dialectal word, later popularized by Chinese comedian Zhao Benshan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūyou

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ˙ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hug⁴ hiun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-yu⁵
    • Yale: hū-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu.iou
    • Palladius: хую (xuju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ joʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: fāt yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hug⁴ hiun¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huk hiuⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huk̚²⁻⁴ hĩũ³³/

Verb

忽悠

1. (colloquial) to flicker; to shine unsteadily; to shake; to rock; to sway
2. (colloquial) to coax; to bluff; to dupe; to con; to trick