走過場
Chinese
to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
to cross the stage; to do something as mere formality | ||
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trad. (走過場) | 走 | 過場 | |
simp. (走过场) | 走 | 过场 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǒu guòchǎng
- Wade–Giles: tsou3 kuo4-chʻang3
- Yale: dzǒu gwò-chǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoou guohchaang
- Palladius: цзоу гочан (czou gočan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǒu guòcháng
- Wade–Giles: tsou3 kuo4-chʻang2
- Yale: dzǒu gwò-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoou guohcharng
- Palladius: цзоу гочан (czou gočan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zau2 gwo3 coeng4
- Yale: jáu gwo chèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau2 gwo3 tsoeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: zeo2 guo3 cêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɔː³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
走過場
- (theater, of an actor or actress) to walk from one end of the stage to the other without stopping
- (figurative) to go through the motions; to do something as a mere formality
Synonyms
- (to go through the motions):