移花接木

Chinese

		to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join	tree; wood
trad. (移花接木)		移	花	接	木
simp. #(移花接木)		移	花	接	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíhuājiēmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ faa¹ zip³ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁵ huê¹ ziab⁴ bhag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíhuājiēmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíhuajiemù
    • Wade–Giles: i²-hua¹-chieh¹-mu⁴
    • Yale: yí-hwā-jyē-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihuajiemuh
    • Palladius: ихуацзему (ixuaczemu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ faa¹ zip³ muk⁶
    • Yale: yìh fā jip muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ faa¹ dzip⁸ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ fa¹ jib³ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ faː⁵⁵ t͡siːp̚³ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁵ huê¹ ziab⁴ bhag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: î hue tsiap ba̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue³³⁻²³ t͡siap̚²⁻⁴ bak̚⁴/

Idiom

移花接木

1. to graft one twig on another; to graft
2. (figuratively) to stealthily substitute one thing for another