扯貓尾

Chinese

		pull; tear; to talk casually	cat	tail
trad. (扯貓尾)		扯	貓	尾
simp. (扯猫尾)		扯	猫	尾
Literally: “to pull a cat's tail”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce² maau¹ mei⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce² maau¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: ché māau méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse² maau¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé² mao¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Verb

扯⫽貓尾 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to collude with each other to cover up or deceive someone

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 唱雙簧 (“to collude with each other, often to cover up or deceive others”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		唱雙簧, 演雙簧
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	唱雙簧
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	演雙簧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	扯貓尾, 掹貓尾
	Hong Kong	扯貓尾, 掹貓尾