裝神弄鬼

Chinese

 
to dress up; costume; to pretend to be; to pack; to load; to install
 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
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



  • Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃɨɐŋ|t͡ʃɨɐŋH  ʑiɪn  luŋH  kʉiX/
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
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
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