"旁敲側擊" meaning in All languages combined

See 旁敲側擊 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 旁敲侧击 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 旁敲側擊
  1. to express something indirectly by making oblique statements; to beat around the bush Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "旁敲侧击",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "旁敲側擊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to express something indirectly by making oblique statements; to beat around the bush"
      ],
      "id": "en-旁敲側擊-zh-phrase-stiJekbn",
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "indirectly",
          "indirectly"
        ],
        [
          "oblique",
          "oblique"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "beat around the bush",
          "beat around the bush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ zak¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángciaocèji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻang²-chʻiao¹-tsʻê⁴-chi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páng-chyāu-tsè-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "parngchiautsehji"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pancjaocɛczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "панцяоцэцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángciaocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻang²-chʻiao¹-tsʻê⁴-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páng-chyāu-tsè-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "parngchiautsehjyi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pancjaocɛczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "панцяоцэцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ zak¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòhng hāau jāk gīk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ dzak⁷ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ hao¹ zeg¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "旁敲側擊"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "旁敲侧击",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "旁敲側擊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 側",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 擊",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 敲",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 旁",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to express something indirectly by making oblique statements; to beat around the bush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "indirectly",
          "indirectly"
        ],
        [
          "oblique",
          "oblique"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "beat around the bush",
          "beat around the bush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ zak¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángciaocèji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻang²-chʻiao¹-tsʻê⁴-chi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páng-chyāu-tsè-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "parngchiautsehji"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pancjaocɛczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "панцяоцэцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángqiāocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄆㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄘㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pángciaocèjí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pʻang²-chʻiao¹-tsʻê⁴-chi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "páng-chyāu-tsè-jí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "parngchiautsehjyi"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pancjaocɛczi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "панцяоцэцзи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ zak¹ gik¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pòhng hāau jāk gīk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ haau¹ dzak⁷ gik⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pong⁴ hao¹ zeg¹ gig¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːŋ²¹ haːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "旁敲側擊"
}

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