提線木偶

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line	wooden image; carved figure; puppet wooden image; carved figure; puppet; marionette
trad. (提線木偶/提綫木偶)		提	線/綫	木偶
simp. (提线木偶)		提	线	木偶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíxiàn mù'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ sin³ muk⁶ ngau⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ suan³ bhag⁸ ngou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíxiàn mù'ǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tísiàn mù-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-hsien⁴ mu⁴-ou³
    • Yale: tí-syàn mù-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyishiann muhoou
    • Palladius: тисянь муоу (tisjanʹ muou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ sin³ muk⁶ ngau⁵
    • Yale: tàih sin muhk ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ sin³ muk⁹ ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ xin³ mug⁶ ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ siːn³³ mʊk̚² ŋɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ suan³ bhag⁸ ngou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî suàⁿ ba̍k ngóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bak̚⁴⁻² ŋou⁵²/

Noun

提線木偶

1. marionette
2. (figurative) puppet; someone who is manipulated by another

   • 既作為提線木偶在這個矯正教育下生存著，也作為啞劇演員在吃飯照片裡生存著。 [MSC, trad.]
     既作为提线木偶在这个矫正教育下生存着，也作为哑剧演员在吃饭照片里生存着。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 December 12, 《自白書》, the 13^th test question of the preliminary of THUPC (Tsinghua University Programming Competition) 2021

     Jì zuòwèi tíxiàn mù'ǒu zài zhège jiǎozhèng jiàoyù xià shēngcúnzhe, yě zuòwèi yǎjù yǎnyuán zài chīfàn zhàopiàn lǐ shēngcúnzhe. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (marionette): (Cantonese) 扯線公仔／扯线公仔 (chěxiàn gōngzǎi), 木頭公仔／木头公仔 (mùtou gōngzǎi)
• (puppet): 傀儡 (kuǐlěi), (Cantonese) 扯線公仔／扯线公仔 (chěxiàn gōngzǎi), 木頭公仔／木头公仔