聳人聽聞

Chinese

		excite; raise up; to shrug excite; raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering	man; person; people	to hear about; news that one has heard
trad. (聳人聽聞)		聳	人	聽聞
simp. (耸人听闻)		耸	人	听闻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒngréntīngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung² jan⁴ ting¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒngréntīngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒngréntingwún
    • Wade–Giles: sung³-jên²-tʻing¹-wên²
    • Yale: sǔng-rén-tīng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soongrentingwen
    • Palladius: сунжэньтинвэнь (sunžɛnʹtinvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung² jan⁴ ting¹ man⁴
    • Yale: súng yàhn tīng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung² jan⁴ ting¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung² yen⁴ ting¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹ tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Idiom

聳人聽聞

1. deliberately exaggerating so as to create a sensation

Related terms

• 炒作 (chǎozuò)