奉承

Chinese

		to receive (from superior); to offer; to revere	to bear; to carry; to hold to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
simp. and trad. (奉承)		奉	承

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fung-sṳ̀n
Min Nan (POJ): hǒng-sêng / hōng-sêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fèngchéng → fèngcheng (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ → ㄈㄥˋ ˙ㄔㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq.cherng
  - IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ → /fɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁶ sing⁴
  - Yale: fuhng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶ xing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²² sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fung-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung⁴ sin²
  - IPA: /fuŋ⁵⁵ sɨn¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒng-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: hǒng-sîng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²² ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng-sêng
  - Tâi-lô: hōng-sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxngseeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ²⁴/

Verb

奉承

to flatter; to fawn upon; to get on the good side of; to buy off
阿諛奉承 / 阿谀奉承 ― ēyú fèngchéng ― to curry favour with; to flatter and toady to
(archaic) to accept; to abide by
(archaic) to inherit; to succeed to
(archaic) to wait upon; to serve
(archaic) to offer sacrifices (to gods)
(archaic) to offer as a gift

Synonyms

(to flatter):

Synonyms of 奉承

巴結／巴结 (bājie)
恭維／恭维 (gōngwéi)
拍馬／拍马 (pāimǎ) (colloquial)
拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāimǎpì) (colloquial)
討好／讨好 (tǎohǎo)
諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)

諂諛／谄谀 (chǎnyú) (literary)
趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng)
趨附／趋附 (qūfù)
逢迎 (féngyíng) (literary)
阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú) (literary)

Derived terms

奉承話／奉承话
屈意奉承

阿媚奉承
阿諛奉承／阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)

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