表面文章

Chinese

		surface; face; external appearance surface; face; external appearance; the superficial aspect; the surface	essay; composition; article
simp. and trad. (表面文章)		表面	文章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎomiànwénzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² min⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎomiànwénzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎomiànwúnjhang
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-mien⁴-wên²-chang¹
    • Yale: byǎu-myàn-wén-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaumiannwenjang
    • Palladius: бяомяньвэньчжан (bjaomjanʹvɛnʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² min⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹
    • Yale: bíu mihn màhn jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² min⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² min⁶ men⁴ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ miːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

表面文章

1. focus solely on form or appearance without emphasis on content or effectiveness; ostentatiousness