冠冕堂皇

Chinese

		royal crown; official's hat	grand; stately; magnificent grand; stately; magnificent; large palace
simp. and trad. (冠冕堂皇)		冠冕	堂皇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānmiǎntánghuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ min⁵ tong⁴ wong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānmiǎntánghuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanmiǎntánghuáng
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-mien³-tʻang²-huang²
  - Yale: gwān-myǎn-táng-hwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanmeantarnghwang
  - Palladius: гуаньмяньтанхуан (guanʹmjanʹtanxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ min⁵ tong⁴ wong⁴
  - Yale: gūn míhn tòhng wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ min⁵ tong⁴ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ min⁵ tong⁴ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ miːn¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

冠冕堂皇

dignified; upright; solemn
to seem honorable and just on the surface, but is not the case in reality

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