糊弄

Chinese

		paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	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
trad. (糊弄)		糊	弄
simp. #(糊弄)		糊	弄

Etymology

Probably a dialectal derivative of 哄 (OC *ɡloːŋs, “to fool, cheat”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùnong

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùnong
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùno̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-nung⁵
    • Yale: hù-nung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh.nong
    • Palladius: хунун (xunun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ nʊŋ¹/

Verb

糊弄

1. (colloquial) to cheat; to hoodwink; to dupe; to fool; to deceive
2. (colloquial) to make do with; to accept reluctantly; to go through the motions

Synonyms

• (to cheat):

• 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
• 作偽／作伪 (zuòwěi)
• 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 創戇／创戆 (Hokkien)
• 創戇仔／创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 哄騙／哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
• 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
• 打哄 (da³ hong³) (Xiang)
• 拆白 (chāibái) (dialectal)
• 拐騙／拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
• 日哄 (reh⁴ hung²) (Jin)
• 梟人／枭人 (Hakka)
• 欺瞞／欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺詐／欺诈 (qīzhà)
• 欺騙／欺骗 (qīpiàn)
• 瞞／瞒 (mán) (to hide the truth)
• 瞞哄／瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 瞞騙／瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
• 矇騙／蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
• 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
• 脫人／脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
• 蒙混 (ménghùn)
• 蒙蔽 (méngbì)
• 行騙／行骗 (xíngpiàn)
• 訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)
• 詐騙／诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
• 誆騙／诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
• 誑／诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誘騙／诱骗 (yòupiàn)
• 誑騙／诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
• 變戲法／变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
• 賺／赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
• 騙／骗 (piàn)
• 騙人／骗人 (piànrén)

 

• (to make do with):

• 勉強／勉强
• 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
• 委曲 (wěiqū)
• 將就／将就 (jiāngjiù)
• 湊合／凑合 (colloquial)