張冠李戴

See also: 张冠李戴

Chinese

		(a measure word); surname; open up	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	surname; plum	to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)
trad. (張冠李戴)		張	冠	李	戴
simp. (张冠李戴)		张	冠	李	戴
Literally: “Mr. Zhang's hat is worn by Mr. Li”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāngguānlǐdài

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤㄍㄨㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngguānlǐdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤㄍㄨㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhangguanlǐdài
  - Wade–Giles: chang¹-kuan¹-li³-tai⁴
  - Yale: jāng-gwān-lǐ-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangguanliiday
  - Palladius: чжангуаньлидай (čžanguanʹlidaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³
  - Yale: jēung gūn léih daai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ gun¹ léi⁵ dai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ taːi̯³³/

Idiom

張冠李戴

(figurative) to confuse a person with someone else; to confuse one thing with another

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.