狸貓換太子

Chinese

		leopard cat; raccoon dog	change; exchange	crown prince
trad. (狸貓換太子/貍貓換太子)		狸貓/貍貓	換	太子
simp. (狸猫换太子)		狸猫	换	太子

Etymology

From a folk story in The Three Heroes and Five Gallants.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): límāo huàn tàizǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: límāo huàn tàizǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: limhau huann taytzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
  - Yale: lèih māau wuhn taai jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ mao¹ wun⁶ tai³ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ mäːu̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² tʰäːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú
  - Tâi-lô: lî-bâ uānn thài-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'baa voa taezuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ ba²³ uã³³⁻²¹ tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ ba²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

Idiom

狸貓換太子

to substitute someone's valuable item with another item

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