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

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• 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

1. (theater, of an actor or actress) to walk from one end of the stage to the other without stopping
2. (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)