裝聾作啞

Chinese

		to dress up; costume; to pretend to be to dress up; costume; to pretend to be; to pack; to load; to install	deaf	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	dumb; mute; (onomat.)
trad. (裝聾作啞)		裝	聾	作	啞
simp. (装聋作哑)		装	聋	作	哑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuānglóngzuòyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ lung⁴ zok³ aa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuānglóngzuòyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuanglóngzuòyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chuang¹-lung²-tso⁴-ya³
    • Yale: jwāng-lúng-dzwò-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanglongtzuohyea
    • Palladius: чжуанлунцзоя (čžuanlunczoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong¹ lung⁴ zok³ aa²
    • Yale: jōng lùhng jok á
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ lung⁴ dzok⁸ aa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ lung⁴ zog³ a²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³ aː³⁵/

Idiom

裝聾作啞

1. to pretend to not know; to deliberately to not ask or listen