擺格

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	frame; rule
trad. (擺格)		擺	格
simp. (摆格)		摆	格

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎigé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˊ

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bai³ ge⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎigé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎigé
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-ko²
    • Yale: bǎi-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeger
    • Palladius: байгэ (bajgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bai³ ge⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai̯⁴¹ kɤ̞²⁴/

Verb

擺格

1. (chiefly Xiang) to put on airs; to give oneself airs

   • 一個紳士模樣的人在路上碰了一個農民，那紳士擺格不肯讓路，那農民便憤然說：「土豪劣紳！曉得三民主義嗎？」 [MSC, trad.]
     一个绅士模样的人在路上碰了一个农民，那绅士摆格不肯让路，那农民便愤然说：「土豪劣绅！晓得三民主义吗？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīge shēnshì múyàng de rén zài lùshàng pèng le yīge nóngmín, nà shēnshì bǎigé bùkěn rànglù, nà nóngmín biàn fènrán shuō: “Tǔháolièshēn! Xiǎode sānmínzhǔyì ma?” [Pinyin]

     When somebody who looks like one of the gentry encounters a peasant and stands on his dignity, refusing to make way along a pathway, the peasant will say angrily, “Hey, you local tyrant, don't you know the Three People's Principles?”

Synonyms

• 張勢／张势 (zhāngshì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 張身勢／张身势 (Hokkien)
• 拿大 (nádà) (colloquial)
• 擺架仔／摆架仔 (ba̿i-ga̿-ciě) (Northern Min)
• 擺架子／摆架子 (bǎi jiàzi) (colloquial)
• 擺譜／摆谱 (bǎipǔ) (colloquial)
• 激大範／激大范 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 激屎 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 激屎桶 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激屎派 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激氣／激气 (Hokkien)
• 激氣頭／激气头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激派 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激派頭／激派头 (Hokkien)
• 稱大／称大 (chēngdà)
• 耍大 (sua² da³) (Jin)
• 轉格／转格 (jyai³ ge⁶) (Xiang)