狸貓換太子

Chinese

		leopard cat; raccoon dog	change; exchange	crown prince; Taizi
trad. (狸貓換太子/貍貓換太子)		狸貓/貍貓	換	太子
simp. (狸猫换太子)		狸猫	换	太子

Etymology

From a folk story in The Three Heroes and Five Gallants.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): límāo huàn tàizǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: límāo huàn tàizǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: límao huàn tàizǐh
  - Wade–Giles: li²-mao¹ huan⁴ tʻai⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: lí-māu hwàn tài-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: limhau huann taytzyy
  - Palladius: лимао хуань тайцзы (limao xuanʹ tajczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
  - Yale: lèih māau wuhn taai jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ mao¹ wun⁶ tai³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú
  - Tâi-lô: lî-bâ uānn thài-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'baa voa taezuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ ba²³ uã³³⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ ba²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

Idiom

狸貓換太子

to substitute someone's valuable item with another item

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