招搖撞騙

Chinese

		to act ostentatiously; to show off; to draw attention to oneself	to swindle; to look about for a chance to swindle
trad. (招搖撞騙)		招搖	撞騙
simp. (招摇撞骗)		招摇	撞骗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ jiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaoyáojhuàngpiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-yao²-chuang⁴-pʻien⁴
    • Yale: jāu-yáu-jwàng-pyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauyaujuanqpiann
    • Palladius: чжаояочжуанпянь (čžaojaočžuanpjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ jiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³
    • Yale: jīu yìuh johng pin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ jiu⁴ dzong⁶ pin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ yiu⁴ zong⁶ pin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²² pʰiːn³³/

Idiom

招搖撞騙

1. to pass oneself off as someone prominent and swindle people

   • 我是對得天的，從不敢起這要錢的念頭。只是奴才在外招搖撞騙，鬧出事來我就吃不住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我是对得天的，从不敢起这要钱的念头。只是奴才在外招摇撞骗，闹出事来我就吃不住了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒ shì duì dé tiān de, cóng bùgǎn qǐ zhè yào qián de niàntou. Zhǐshì núcái zàiwài zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn, nào chū shì lái wǒ jiù chībùzhù le. [Pinyin]

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   • 你若借此招搖撞騙，可要置你於死地！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     你若借此招摇撞骗，可要置你于死地！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can

     Nǐ ruò jiè cǐ zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn, kě yào zhì nǐ yú sǐdì! [Pinyin]

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   • 冒充人民警察招搖撞騙的，依照前款的規定從重處罰。 [MSC, trad.]
     冒充人民警察招摇撞骗的，依照前款的规定从重处罚。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1997, 《中华人民共和国刑法》 [Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China]

     Màochōng rénmín jǐngchá zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn de, yīzhào qián kuǎn de guīdìng cóngzhòng chùfá. [Pinyin]

     Whoever impersonates a people's policeman to go about and deceive people shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.