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忽悠人

English translation: phoney

23:53 Nov 24, 2010
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Chinese term or phrase: 忽悠人
There's no real context for this -- just the response "忽悠人的" in a questionnaire.
David Tugwell
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:59
English translation:phoney
Explanation:
not real or true; false, and trying to trick people

忽悠 is rather informal and so is phoney.
Selected response from:

Chun Un
Macau
Grading comment
Many thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2deceptive
David Zhang
4(one's) heart shaken
jbk4311 (X)
3 +1phoney
Chun Un


Discussion entries: 2





  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
deceptive


Explanation:
Tell you beautiful lies and mislead you.

David Zhang
China
Local time: 09:59
Native speaker of: Chinese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks, I think in this context the explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooyou is most pertinent.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X): From what I've found on the Net, the phrase has a wide range of meanings. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooyou & http://dvdowow.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/「忽悠」的英譯/ The word HOAX also came to me.
18 mins
  -> Yes, I agree the explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooyou is most pertinent. Thank you.
agree  Lifu Wang
3 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(one's) heart shaken


Explanation:
(one's) heart shaken or sank (when separated with his/her lover)

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-25 01:01:43 GMT)
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(one's) heart embarrassed (when met unusal situation)

jbk4311 (X)
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
phoney


Explanation:
not real or true; false, and trying to trick people

忽悠 is rather informal and so is phoney.

Chun Un
Macau
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SophieT
64 days
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