充耳不聞

Chinese

		fill; satisfy; fulfil fill; satisfy; fulfil; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full	ear	not; no	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (充耳不聞)		充	耳	不	聞
simp. (充耳不闻)		充	耳	不	闻
Literally: “to stuff one's ears and pretend not to hear”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōng'ěrbùwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ ㄦˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ ji⁵ bat¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹ re² bug⁴ bhung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōng'ěrbùwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ ㄦˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chong-ěrbùwún
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-êrh³-pu⁴-wên²
    • Yale: chūng-ěr-bù-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongeelbuwen
    • Palladius: чунъэрбувэнь (čunʺerbuvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ ji⁵ bat¹ man⁴
    • Yale: chūng yíh bāt màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ ji⁵ bat⁷ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ yi⁵ bed¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cong¹ re² bug⁴ bhung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong jṳ́ puk bŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³⁻²³ d͡zɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ puk̚²⁻⁴ buŋ³⁵/

Idiom

充耳不聞

1. to turn a deaf ear