賣弄

See also: 卖弄

Chinese

		sell	to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley
trad. (賣弄)		賣	弄
simp. (卖弄)		卖	弄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màinong, màinòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ, ㄇㄞˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ lung⁶ / maai⁶ nung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): māi-lōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màinong
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ˙ㄋㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màino̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-nung⁵
    • Yale: mài-nung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may.nong
    • Palladius: майнун (majnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ nʊŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màinòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màinòng
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-nung⁴
    • Yale: mài-nùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maynonq
    • Palladius: майнун (majnun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ lung⁶ / maai⁶ nung⁶
    • Yale: maaih luhng / maaih nuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ lung⁶ / maai⁶ nung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ lung⁶ / mai⁶ nung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² lʊŋ²²/, /maːi̯²² nʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-lōng
    • Tâi-lô: māi-lōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixlong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² lɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ lɔŋ²²/

Verb

賣弄

1. (derogatory) to show off; to make a display of; to flaunt

   賣弄學問／卖弄学问  ―  màinòng xuéwèn  ―  to show off one's knowledge

Synonyms

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• 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 展風龜／展风龟 (Hokkien)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 炫示 (xuànshì)
• 炫耀 (xuànyào)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 表現／表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 誇示／夸示 (kuāshì) (literary)
• 顯示／显示 (xiǎnshì)
• 顯要／显要 (xiǎnyào)