走過場

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to cross the stage; to do something as mere formality
trad. (走過場)		走	過場
simp. (走过场)		走	过场

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒuguòchǎng, zǒuguòcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² gwo³ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuguòchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuguòchǎng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-kuo⁴-chʻang³
  - Yale: dzǒu-gwò-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouguohchaang
  - Palladius: цзоугочан (czougočan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuguòcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuguòcháng
  - Wade–Giles: tsou³-kuo⁴-chʻang²
  - Yale: dzǒu-gwò-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouguohcharng
  - Palladius: цзоугочан (czougočan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² gwo³ coeng⁴
  - Yale: jáu gwo chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² gwo³ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² guo³ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɔː³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

走過場

(theater, of an actor or actress) to walk from one end of the stage to the other without stopping
(figurative) to go through the motions; to do something as a mere formality

Synonyms

(to go through the motions):

塞責／塞责 (sèzé)
應付／应付
挩／捝 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
搪塞 (tángsè)
敷衍 (fūyǎn)

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