耍太極

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	taiji
trad. (耍太極)		耍	太極
simp. (耍太极)		耍	太极

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² taai³ gik⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² taai³ gik⁶
  - Yale: sá taai gihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² taai³ gik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² tai³ gig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ kɪk̚²/

Verb

耍⫽太極 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, literally) to practise tai chi
(Cantonese, figurative) to evade a question or issue; to prevaricate; to avoid the issue and shirk responsibility
啲官成日答非所問，淨係識得耍太極。 [Cantonese, trad.]
啲官成日答非所问，净系识得耍太极。 [Cantonese, simp.]
di¹ gun¹ seng⁴ jat⁶ daap³ fei¹ so² man⁶, zing⁶ hai⁶ sik¹ dak¹ saa² taai³ gik⁶. [Jyutping]
Those officials only ever beat around the bush without actually addressing the questions.

Synonyms

打太極／打太极 (dǎ tàijí)
打太極拳／打太极拳 (dǎ tàijíquán)

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