聰明反被聰明誤

See also: 聪明反被聪明误

Chinese

		clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright; sharp; keen; perceptive	wrong side out or up; anti-	by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses); quilt; blanket; to cover; to wear	clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright; sharp; keen; perceptive	mistake; error; to miss mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect
trad. (聰明反被聰明誤)		聰明	反	被	聰明	誤
simp. (聪明反被聪明误)		聪明	反	被	聪明	误

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōngmíng fǎn bèi cōngmíng wù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ ming⁴ faan² bei⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng fǎn bèi cōngmíng wù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng fǎn bèi congmíng wù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-ming² fan³ pei⁴ tsʻung¹-ming² wu⁴
    • Yale: tsūng-míng fǎn bèi tsūng-míng wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming faan bey tsongming wuh
    • Palladius: цунмин фань бэй цунмин у (cunmin fanʹ bɛj cunmin u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ ming⁴ faan² bei⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶
    • Yale: chūng mìhng fáan beih chūng mìhng ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ ming⁴ faan² bei⁶ tsung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ ming⁴ fan² béi⁶ cung¹ ming⁴ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ pei̯²² t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ ŋ̍²²/

Proverb

聰明反被聰明誤

1. Cleverness may overreach itself; A wise man can be ruined by his own wisdom; Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness; Every man has a fool in his sleeve.