招搖撞騙

Chinese

		to act ostentatiously; to show off; to draw attention to oneself	to swindle; to look about for a chance to swindle
trad. (招搖撞騙)		招搖	撞騙
simp. (招摇撞骗)		招摇	撞骗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ jiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaoyáojhuàngpiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-yao²-chuang⁴-pʻien⁴
  - Yale: jāu-yáu-jwàng-pyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauyaujuanqpiann
  - Palladius: чжаояочжуанпянь (čžaojaočžuanpjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ jiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³
  - Yale: jīu yìuh johng pin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ jiu⁴ dzong⁶ pin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ yiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²² pʰiːn³³/

Idiom

招搖撞騙

to pass oneself off as someone prominent and swindle people
- 我是對得天的，從不敢起這要錢的念頭。只是奴才在外招搖撞騙，鬧出事來我就吃不住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我是对得天的，从不敢起这要钱的念头。只是奴才在外招摇撞骗，闹出事来我就吃不住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Wǒ shì duì dé tiān de, cóng bùgǎn qǐ zhè yào qián de niàntou. Zhǐshì núcái zàiwài zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn, nào chū shì lái wǒ jiù chībùzhù le. [Pinyin]
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- 你若借此招搖撞騙，可要置你於死地！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  你若借此招摇撞骗，可要置你于死地！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
  Nǐ ruò jiè cǐ zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn, kě yào zhì nǐ yú sǐdì! [Pinyin]
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- 冒充人民警察招搖撞騙的，依照前款的規定從重處罰。 [MSC, trad.]
  冒充人民警察招摇撞骗的，依照前款的规定从重处罚。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1997, 《中华人民共和国刑法》 [Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China]
  Màochōng rénmín jǐngchá zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn de, yīzhào qián kuǎn de guīdìng cóngzhòng chùfá. [Pinyin]
  Whoever impersonates a people's policeman to go about and deceive people shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

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