賊喊捉賊

Chinese

		thief	call; cry; to shout	to clutch; to grab; to capture	thief
trad. (賊喊捉賊)		賊	喊	捉	賊
simp. (贼喊捉贼)		贼	喊	捉	贼
Literally: “a thief cries "stop the thief!"”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zéihǎnzhuōzéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak⁶ haam³ zuk¹ caak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zéihǎnzhuōzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zéihǎnjhuozéi
    • Wade–Giles: tsei²-han³-cho¹-tsei²
    • Yale: dzéi-hǎn-jwō-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeirhaanjuotzeir
    • Palladius: цзэйханьчжоцзэй (czɛjxanʹčžoczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak⁶ haam³ zuk¹ caak⁶
    • Yale: chaahk haam jūk chaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁹ haam³ dzuk⁷ tsaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag⁶ ham³ zug¹ cag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 賊喊捉賊

1. to accuse others of wrongdoing as the wrongdoer to escape guilt and responsibility by diverting attention