愚弄

Chinese

		stupid	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
trad. (愚弄)		愚	弄
simp. ^#(愚弄)		愚	弄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúnòng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ lung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-lōng / gî-lōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúnòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúnòng
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-nung⁴
  - Yale: yú-nùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunonq
  - Palladius: юйнун (jujnun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ lung⁶
  - Yale: yùh luhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-lōng
  - Tâi-lô: gû-lōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gulong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ lɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-lōng
  - Tâi-lô: gî-lōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gilong
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² lɔŋ²²/

Verb

愚弄

to deceive; to hoodwink; to make a fool of; to dupe
明白自己被人愚弄之後，他決定報復。 [MSC, trad.]
明白自己被人愚弄之后，他决定报复。 [MSC, simp.]
Míngbái zìjǐ bèi rén yúnòng zhīhòu, tā juédìng bàofù. [Pinyin]
Once he realized he had been made a fool of, he resolved to get his revenge.

Synonyms

欺騙／欺骗 (qīpiàn)
捉弄 (zhuōnòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愚	弄
ぐ Grade: S	ろう Grade: S

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぐろー [gùróó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

Noun

愚(ぐ)弄(ろう) • (gurō)

mockery, ridicule

Verb

愚(ぐ)弄(ろう)する • (gurō suru) suru (stem 愚(ぐ)弄(ろう)し (gurō shi), past 愚(ぐ)弄(ろう)した (gurō shita))

mock, deride, make fun of

Conjugation

Conjugation of "愚弄する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	愚弄し	ぐろうし	gurō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	愚弄し	ぐろうし	gurō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	愚弄する	ぐろうする	gurō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	愚弄する	ぐろうする	gurō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	愚弄すれ	ぐろうすれ	gurō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	愚弄せよ¹ 愚弄しろ²	ぐろうせよ¹ ぐろうしろ²	gurō seyo¹ gurō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	愚弄される	ぐろうされる	gurō sareru
Causative	愚弄させる愚弄さす	ぐろうさせるぐろうさす	gurō saseru gurō sasu
Potential	愚弄できる	ぐろうできる	gurō dekiru
Volitional	愚弄しよう	ぐろうしよう	gurō shiyō
Negative	愚弄しない	ぐろうしない	gurō shinai
Negative continuative	愚弄せず	ぐろうせず	gurō sezu
Formal	愚弄します	ぐろうします	gurō shimasu
Perfective	愚弄した	ぐろうした	gurō shita
Conjunctive	愚弄して	ぐろうして	gurō shite
Hypothetical conditional	愚弄すれば	ぐろうすれば	gurō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“愚弄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026