搪塞

Chinese

		keep out	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian
simp. and trad. (搪塞)		搪	塞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tángsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ sak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángsè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-sê⁴
    • Yale: táng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngseh
    • Palladius: тансэ (tansɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ sak¹
    • Yale: tòhng sāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ sak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ seg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ sɐk̚⁵/

Verb

搪塞

1. to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions; to dodge; to evade

Synonyms

• 塞責／塞责 (sèzé)
• 應付／应付
• 挩／捝 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 敷衍 (fūyǎn)
• 走過場／走过场 (zǒuguòchǎng)

 

Derived terms

• 敷衍搪塞 (fūyǎntángsè)