諂諛

Chinese

		flatter; cajole	flatter
trad. (諂諛)		諂	諛
simp. (谄谀)		谄	谀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎnyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim² jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎnyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎnyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan³-yü²
    • Yale: chǎn-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaanyu
    • Palladius: чаньюй (čanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim² jyu⁴
    • Yale: chím yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim² jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim² yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm³⁵ jyː²¹/

Verb

諂諛

1. (literary) to toady; to flatter

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 取悅／取悦 (qǔyuè)
• 奉承 (fèngchéng)
• 奉迎 (fèngyíng)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie)
• 恭維／恭维 (gōngwéi)
• 拍馬／拍马 (pāimǎ) (colloquial)
• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì) (colloquial)
• 捧臭腳／捧臭脚 (pěng chòujiǎo)
• 獻殷勤 (xiàn yīnqín)
• 討好／讨好 (tǎohǎo)
• 諂媚／谄媚 (chǎnmèi)
• 趨奉／趋奉 (qūfèng)
• 趨附／趋附 (qūfù)
• 逢迎 (féngyíng) (literary)
• 阿諂／阿谄 (ēchǎn) (literary)
• 阿諛／阿谀 (ēyú) (literary)