故弄玄虛

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley	ruse; deceitful trick; unfathomable ruse; deceitful trick; unfathomable; enigmatic
trad. (故弄玄虛)		故	弄	玄虛
simp. (故弄玄虚)		故	弄	玄虚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùnòngxuánxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùnòngxuánxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùnòngsyuánsyu
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-nung⁴-hsüan²-hsü¹
    • Yale: gù-nùng-sywán-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhnonqshyuanshiu
    • Palladius: гунунсюаньсюй (gununsjuanʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹
    • Yale: gu luhng yùhn hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ lung⁶ jyn⁴ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ lung⁶ yun⁴ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ lʊŋ²² jyːn²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

故弄玄虛

1. deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious