自欺欺人

Chinese

		to deceive oneself	take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (自欺欺人)		自欺	欺	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìqīqīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ hei¹ hei¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ ki¹ ki¹ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìqīqīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhcicirén
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chʻi¹-chʻi¹-jên²
    • Yale: dz̀-chī-chī-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhchichiren
    • Palladius: цзыцицижэнь (czycicižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ hei¹ hei¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jih hēi hēi yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ hei¹ hei¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ héi¹ héi¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² hei̯⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ ki¹ ki¹ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ khi khi nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi³³⁻²³ kʰi³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

自欺欺人

1. to deceive oneself as well as others; to fool oneself alongside others

Synonyms

• 掩耳盜鈴／掩耳盗铃 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng)