耍太極

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	taiji
trad. (耍太極)		耍	太極
simp. (耍太极)		耍	太极

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² taai³ gik⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² taai³ gik⁶
    • Yale: sá taai gihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² taai³ gik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² tai³ gig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ kɪk̚²/

Verb

耍⫽太極 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, literally) to practise tai chi
2. (Cantonese, figurative) to evade a question or issue; to prevaricate; to avoid the issue and shirk responsibility

   啲官成日答非所問，淨係識得耍太極。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲官成日答非所问，净系识得耍太极。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ gun¹ seng⁴ jat⁶ daap³ fei¹ so² man⁶, zing⁶ hai⁶ sik¹ dak¹ saa² taai³ gik⁶. [Jyutping]

   Those officials only ever beat around the bush without actually addressing the questions.

Synonyms

• 打太極／打太极 (dǎ tàijí)
• 打太極拳／打太极拳 (dǎ tàijíquán)