裝神弄鬼

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

  (Pinyin): zhuāngshénnòngguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹ san⁴ lung⁶ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuāngshénnòngguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangshernnonqgoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong¹ san⁴ lung⁶ gwai²
    • Yale: jōng sàhn luhng gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹ san⁴ lung⁶ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹ sen⁴ lung⁶ guei²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ lʊŋ²² kʷɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃɨɐŋ|t͡ʃɨɐŋ^H  ʑiɪn  luŋ^H  kʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	裝	裝	神	弄	鬼
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	莊 (18)	船 (27)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)	眞 (43)	東 (1)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	I	III
Fanqie	側羊切	側亮切	食鄰切	盧貢切	居偉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨɐŋ/	/t͡ʃɨɐŋH/	/ʑiɪn/	/luŋH/	/kʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋH/	/ʑin/	/luŋH/	/kʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiɑŋ/	/t͡ʃiɑŋH/	/ʑjen/	/luŋH/	/kiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋH/	/ʑin/	/ləwŋH/	/kujX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiaŋ/	/t͡ʃiaŋH/	/d͡ʑiĕn/	/luŋH/	/kiuəiX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭaŋ/	/t͡ʃĭaŋH/	/d͡ʑĭĕn/	/luŋH/	/kĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋ/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/	/luŋH/	/kwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuāng	zhuàng	shén	lòng	guǐ

Idiom

裝神弄鬼

1. to dress up as ghosts and spirits (to deceive people)
2. (figuratively) to deliberately mystify

   Synonyms: 故弄玄虛／故弄玄虚 (gùnòngxuánxū)

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