聲東擊西

Chinese

		sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	east	to hit; to strike; to break	west
trad. (聲東擊西)		聲	東	擊	西
simp. (声东击西)		声	东	击	西
Literally: “to make a feint to the east but attack in the west”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngdōngjīxī, shēngdōngjíxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ dung¹ gik¹ sai¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sian¹ dang¹ kêg⁴ sai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngdōngjīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengdongjisi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tung¹-chi¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: shēng-dūng-jī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengdongjishi
    • Palladius: шэндунцзиси (šɛndunczisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngdōngjíxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengdongjísi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tung¹-chi²-hsi¹
    • Yale: shēng-dūng-jí-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengdongjyishi
    • Palladius: шэндунцзиси (šɛndunczisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ dung¹ gik¹ sai¹
    • Yale: sīng dūng gīk sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ dung¹ gik⁷ sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ dung¹ gig¹ sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sian¹ dang¹ kêg⁴ sai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siaⁿ tang khek sai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã³³⁻²³ taŋ³³⁻²³ kʰek̚²⁻⁴ sai³³/

Idiom

聲東擊西

1. (military) during a battle, to create the illusion of assaulting a target, while the true goal is to assault another target where it's least expected
2. (by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something