故弄玄虛

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	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	ruse; deceitful trick; unfathomable ruse; deceitful trick; unfathomable; enigmatic
trad. (故弄玄虛)		故	弄	玄虛
simp. (故弄玄虚)		故	弄	玄虚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gùnòngxuánxū

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gùnòngxuánxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gùnòngsyuánsyu
  - Wade–Giles: ku⁴-nung⁴-hsüan²-hsü¹
  - Yale: gù-nùng-sywán-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhnonqshyuanshiu
  - Palladius: гунунсюаньсюй (gununsjuanʹsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹
  - Yale: gu luhng yùhn hēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ lung⁶ jyn⁴ hoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu³ lung⁶ yun⁴ hêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ lʊŋ²² jyːn²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

故弄玄虛

deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious

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