裝神弄鬼
Chinese
to dress up; costume; to pretend to be to dress up; costume; to pretend to be; to pack; to load; to install |
God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being |
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 |
ghost; sly; crafty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (裝神弄鬼) | 裝 | 神 | 弄 | 鬼 | |
| simp. (装神弄鬼) | 装 | 神 | 弄 | 鬼 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zong1 san4 lung6 gwai2
- Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): zông1 sheng2 long5 gui3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngshénnòngguǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangshénnòngguěi
- Wade–Giles: chuang1-shên2-nung4-kuei3
- Yale: jwāng-shén-nùng-gwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangshernnonqgoei
- Palladius: чжуаншэньнунгуй (čžuanšɛnʹnunguj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zong1 san4 lung6 gwai2
- Yale: jōng sàhn luhng gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzong1 san4 lung6 gwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: zong1 sen4 lung6 guei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ lʊŋ²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: zông1 sheng2 long5 gui3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ³³ ʃeŋ²⁴ loŋ²¹ kui⁴²/
- (Changting)
- Middle Chinese: tsrjang zyin luwngH kjw+jX
Idiom
裝神弄鬼
Synonyms
- 裝神扮鬼／装神扮鬼
- 裝神做鬼／装神做鬼
- (Min Nan) 假鬼假怪
- (Hakka) 弄神弄鬼
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “装神弄鬼”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 847.