扯貓尾

Chinese

		pull; tear; to talk casually	cat	tail
trad. (扯貓尾)		扯	貓	尾
simp. (扯猫尾)		扯	猫	尾
Literally: “to pull a cat's tail”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ce² maau¹ mei⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce² maau¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: ché māau méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse² maau¹ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé² mao¹ méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː³⁵ maːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Idiom

扯貓尾

(Cantonese) to collude with each other to cover up or deceive someone

Synonyms

(Mandarin) 演雙簧／演双簧, 唱雙簧／唱双簧

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