偽君子

See also: 伪君子

Chinese

		false; fake; forged false; fake; forged; bogus	junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
trad. (偽君子/僞君子)		偽/僞	君子
simp. (伪君子)		伪	君子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěijūnzǐ, wèijūnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ, ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ gwan¹ zi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gūi-kun-chú / ûi-kun-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngui⁶ gung¹ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěijūnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěijyunzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-chün¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: wěi-jyūn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeijiuntzyy
    • Palladius: вэйцзюньцзы (vɛjczjunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèijūnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèijyunzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-chün¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: wèi-jyūn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyjiuntzyy
    • Palladius: вэйцзюньцзы (vɛjczjunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶ gwan¹ zi²
    • Yale: ngaih gwān jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ gwan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ guen¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gūi-kun-chú
    • Tâi-lô: guī-kun-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guixkunzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡui³³⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡui³³⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡui²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-kun-chír
    • Tâi-lô: uî-kun-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² kun³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngui⁶ gung¹ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŭi kung tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋui³⁵⁻¹¹ kuŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/

Noun

偽君子

1. hypocrite

   這個偽君子也教不出什麼好學生來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这个伪君子也教不出什么好学生来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhège wěijūnzǐ yě jiāo bù chū shénme hǎo xuéshēng lái. [Pinyin]

   This hypocrite of a teacher couldn't produce any good students.

Synonyms

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• 偽善者／伪善者 (wěishànzhě)
• 假聖人／假圣人 (Hokkien)
• 鄉愿 (xiāngyuàn) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (偽君子):

• → Japanese: 偽(ぎ)君(くん)子(し) (gikunshi)
• → Vietnamese: nguỵ quân tử (偽君子)

See also

• 真小人 (zhēnxiǎorén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偽	君	子
ぎ Grade: S	くん Grade: 3	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
僞君子 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎくんし [gìkúꜜǹshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲikɯ̟̃ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

偽(ぎ)君(くん)子(し) • (gikunshi) 

1. (dated) hypocrite

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
偽	君	子

Noun

偽君子

1. chữ Hán form of nguỵ quân tử (“hypocrite”).