招搖過市

Chinese

		to act ostentatiously; to show off; to draw attention to oneself	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	market; city
trad. (招搖過市)		招搖	過	市
simp. (招摇过市)		招摇	过	市

Etymology

居衛月餘，靈公與夫人同車，宦者雍渠參乘。出，使孔子為次乘，招搖市過之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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居卫月余，灵公与夫人同车，宦者雍渠参乘。出，使孔子为次乘，招摇市过之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

Jū Wèi yuè yú, Línggōng yǔ fūrén tóngchē, huànzhě Yōngqú cānshèng. Chū, shǐ Kǒngzǐ wéi cìshèng, zhāoyáo shì guò zhī. [Pinyin]

One day, not long after the first month of Confucius's stay in Wey, Duke Ling and the Lady went out with the eunuch Yongqu joining them in their personal carriage. They ordered Confucius to follow them in another carriage as entourage, and paraded through the busy market streets.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāoyáoguòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ jiu⁴ gwo³ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāoyáoguòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaoyáoguòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-yao²-kuo⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jāu-yáu-gwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauyauguohshyh
    • Palladius: чжаояогоши (čžaojaogoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ jiu⁴ gwo³ si⁵
    • Yale: jīu yìuh gwo síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ jiu⁴ gwo³ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ yiu⁴ guo³ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ kʷɔː³³ siː¹³/

Idiom

招搖過市

1. to act ostentatiously in public; to flaunt one's scandals