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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (走過場) | 走 | 過場 | |
| simp. (走过场) | 走 | 过场 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): zǒuguòchǎng, zǒuguòcháng
- (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zau2 gwo3 coeng4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuguòchǎng
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuguòchǎng
- Wade–Giles: tsou3-kuo4-chʻang3
- Yale: dzǒu-gwò-chǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouguohchaang
- Palladius: цзоугочан (czougočan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuguòcháng
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuguòcháng
- Wade–Giles: tsou3-kuo4-chʻang2
- Yale: dzǒu-gwò-cháng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouguohcharng
- Palladius: цзоугочан (czougočan)
- 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)+
Idiom
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):