表面文章

Chinese

		surface; face; external appearance surface; face; external appearance; the superficial aspect; the surface	essay; composition; article
simp. and trad. (表面文章)		表面	文章

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎomiànwénzhāng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² min⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎomiànwénzhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎomiànwúnjhang
  - Wade–Giles: piao³-mien⁴-wên²-chang¹
  - Yale: byǎu-myàn-wén-jāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaumiannwenjang
  - Palladius: бяомяньвэньчжан (bjaomjanʹvɛnʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mjɛn⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu² min⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹
  - Yale: bíu mihn màhn jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu² min⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: biu² min⁶ men⁴ zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ miːn²² mɐn²¹ t͡ʃœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

表面文章

focus solely on form or appearance without emphasis on content or effectiveness; ostentatiousness

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