偽善者

Chinese

		hypocritical	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (偽善者/僞善者)		偽善/僞善	者
simp. (伪善者)		伪善	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěishànzhě, wèishànzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ, ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶ sin⁶ ze²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěishànzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěishànjhě
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-shan⁴-chê³
  - Yale: wěi-shàn-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeishannjee
  - Palladius: вэйшаньчжэ (vɛjšanʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèishànzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèishànjhě
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shan⁴-chê³
  - Yale: wèi-shàn-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshannjee
  - Palladius: вэйшаньчжэ (vɛjšanʹčžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶ sin⁶ ze²
  - Yale: ngaih sihn jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶ sin⁶ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶ xin⁶ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²² siːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

偽善者

hypocrite

Synonyms

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假聖人／假圣人 (jiǎshèngrén) (Min Nan)
偽君子／伪君子 (wěijūnzǐ)

鄉愿／乡愿 (xiāngyuàn) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偽	善	者
ぎ Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 6	しゃ Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
僞善者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

偽善 (gizen, “hypocrisy”) +‎ 者 (-sha, “-er”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎぜんしゃ [gìzéꜜǹshà] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɡʲizẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

偽(ぎ)善(ぜん)者(しゃ) • (gizensha)

a hypocrite
- 2004 July 7, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)18(じゅうはち)話(わ)　もしキミが自(じ)分(ぶん)を偽(ぎ)善(ぜん)と疑(うたが)うならば [Chapter 18: If You Think You Might Be a Hypocrite]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 17–18:
  
  蝶(ちょう)野(の)が最(さい)後(ご)に言(い)ったんだ……
  Chōno ga saigo ni ittan da……
  It’s what Chōno said before he died……
  謝(あやま)るなよ偽(ぎ)善(ぜん)者(しゃ)
  Ayamaru na yo gizensha
  Don’t be sorry, hypocrite
  オレ頑(がん)張(ば)ったんだでも…オレ偽(ぎ)善(ぜん)者(しゃ)なのかなぁ……
  Ore ganbattan da demo… ore gizensha na no ka nā……
  I did the best I could, yet… why am I still a hypocrite……
- 2006 July 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)五幕(まく)　「喧(けん)嘩(か)の男(おとこ)」 [Act 5: “Man of Brawls”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], volume 1 (fiction), kanzenban edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 133:
  特(とく)に自(じ)由(ゆう)だ正(せい)義(ぎ)だ平(びょう)等(どう)だのと綺(き)麗(れい)事(ごと)を吐(は)きまくる　偽(ぎ(・))善(ぜん(・))者(しゃ(・))野(や(・))郎(ろう(・))のイジメはムカついてたまらねえ！
  Toku ni jiyū da seigi da byōdō no to kireigoto o hakimakuru GIZENSHA YARŌ no ijime wa muka tsuite tamaranē!
  Spitting out grandiose bullcrap about freedom, justice, equality and whatnot. You HYPOCRITICAL BULLYING ASSHOLES are getting on my nerves!

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