誠偽

誠偽

Chinese

		honest; sincere; true	false; fake; forged false; fake; forged; bogus
trad. (誠偽)		誠	偽
simp. (诚伪)		诚	伪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngwěi, chéngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˇ, ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéngwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngwoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngwey
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

誠偽

1. sincerity and hypocrisy

   • 誠偽是品性，卻又是態度。從前論人誠偽，大概就品性而言。 [MSC, trad.]
     诚伪是品性，却又是态度。从前论人诚伪，大概就品性而言。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《論誠意》

     Chéngwěi shì pǐnxìng, què yòu shì tàidù. Cóngqián lùn rén chéngwěi, dàgài jiù pǐnxìng éryán. [Pinyin]

     Sincerity and hypocrisy make up our moral character, but they also inform our attitude. In the past, when talking of sincerity and hypocrisy, discussions centred mostly on moral character.