糊弄

Chinese

		paste; cream; muddled paste; cream; muddled; scorched	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
trad. (糊弄)		糊	弄
simp. #(糊弄)		糊	弄

Etymology

Probably a dialectal derivative of 哄 (OC *ɡloːŋs, “to fool, cheat”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùnong

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùnong
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùno̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-nung⁵
    • Yale: hù-nung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh.nong
    • Palladius: хунун (xunun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ nʊŋ¹/

Verb

糊弄

1. (colloquial) to cheat; to hoodwink; to dupe; to fool; to deceive
2. (colloquial) to make do with; to accept reluctantly; to go through the motions

Synonyms

• (to cheat):

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• 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
• 作偽 / 作伪 (zuòwěi)
• 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 創戇 / 创戆 (Hokkien)
• 創戇仔 / 创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 哄騙 / 哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
• 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
• 打哄 (da³ hong³) (Xiang)
• 拆白 (chāibái) (dialectal)
• 拐騙 / 拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
• 日哄 (reh⁴ hung²) (Jin)
• 梟人 / 枭人 (Hakka)
• 棍騙 / 棍骗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欺瞞 / 欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺詐 / 欺诈 (qīzhà)
• 欺騙 / 欺骗 (qīpiàn)
• 瞞 / 瞒 (mán) (to hide the truth)
• 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 瞞騙 / 瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
• 矇人 / 蒙人 (mēngrén)
• 矇混 / 蒙混 (ménghùn)
• 矇蔽 / 蒙蔽 (méngbì)
• 矇騙 / 蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
• 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
• 脫人 / 脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
• 行騙 / 行骗 (xíngpiàn)
• 訛詐 / 讹诈 (ézhà)
• 詐騙 / 诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
• 誆騙 / 诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
• 誑 / 诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誑騙 / 诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
• 誘騙 / 诱骗 (yòupiàn)
• 變戲法 / 变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
• 賺 / 赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
• 騙 / 骗 (piàn)
• 騙人 / 骗人 (piànrén)

• (to make do with):

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• 勉強 / 勉强
• 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
• 委曲 (wěiqū)
• 將就 / 将就 (jiāngjiù)
• 湊合 / 凑合 (colloquial)