張冠李戴

See also: 张冠李戴

Chinese

		(a measure word); surname; open up	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	surname; plum	to put on; to respect; to bear to put on; to respect; to bear; to support; wear (glasses, hat, gloves)
trad. (張冠李戴)		張	冠	李	戴
simp. (张冠李戴)		张	冠	李	戴
Literally: “Mr. Zhang's hat is worn by Mr. Li”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāngguānlǐdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāngguānlǐdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhangguanlǐdài
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹-kuan¹-li³-tai⁴
    • Yale: jāng-gwān-lǐ-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jangguanliiday
    • Palladius: чжангуаньлидай (čžanguanʹlidaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³
    • Yale: jēung gūn léih daai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹ gun¹ lei⁵ daai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹ gun¹ léi⁵ dai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ taːi̯³³/

Idiom

張冠李戴

1. (figurative) to confuse a person with someone else; to confuse one thing with another