套近乎

套近乎

Chinese

		to cover; covering; case to cover; covering; case; cover; (a measure word, a set of something); sheath	to be similar to; to be little short of; to be close to to be similar to; to be little short of; to be close to; to be almost
simp. and trad. (套近乎)		套	近乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàojìnhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tàojìnhū → tàojìnhu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨ → ㄊㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tawjinn.hu
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/ → /tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu¹/

Verb

套近乎

1. (derogatory) to worm one's way into being friends with somebody; to chum up