魚目混珠

Chinese

		fish	eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; order (taxonomy); goal; name; title	to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix	pearl; bead
trad. (魚目混珠)		魚	目	混	珠
simp. (鱼目混珠)		鱼	目	混	珠
Literally: “to mix fish eyes with pearls”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúmùhùnzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ muk⁶ wan⁶ zyu¹
Min Nan (POJ): hî-ba̍k-hūn-chu / hû-ba̍k-hūn-chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yúmùhùnzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄓㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumuhhuennju
  - IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ muk⁶ wan⁶ zyu¹
  - Yale: yùh muhk wahn jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ muk⁹ wan⁶ dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ mug⁶ wen⁶ ju¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mʊk̚² wɐn²² t͡ʃyː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hî-ba̍k-hūn-chu
  - Tâi-lô: hî-ba̍k-hūn-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hi'baghuxnzw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi²³⁻³³ bak̚⁴⁻³² hun³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-ba̍k-hūn-chu
  - Tâi-lô: hû-ba̍k-hūn-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hu'baghuxnzw
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu²⁴⁻¹¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² hun³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

Idiom

魚目混珠

to pass off fake products as genuine

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