裝神弄鬼

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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)
simp. (装神弄鬼)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (18) (18) (27) (37) (28)
Final () (105) (105) (43) (1) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open Closed
Division () III III III I III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrjang tsrjangH zyin luwngH kjw+jX
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋ/ /ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋH/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /luŋH/ /kwe̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhuāng zhuàng shén lòng guǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zong1 zong3 san4 lung6 gwai2

Idiom

裝神弄鬼

  1. to dress up as ghosts and spirits (to deceive people)
  2. (figuratively) to deliberately mystify
    Synonym: 故弄玄虛 / 故弄玄虚 (gùnòngxuánxū)

Synonyms