| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 敷衍搪塞 | 敷衍搪塞 | fū yan táng sè | fu1 yan5 tang2 se4 | to give a lame excuse (idiom) | ||
| 2 | 借词推搪 | 藉詞推搪 | jiè cí tuī táng | jie4 ci2 tui1 tang2 | to make a lot of excuses | ||
| 3 | 搪 | 搪 | táng | tang2 | to keep out; to hold off; to ward off; to evade; to spread; to coat; to smear; to daub | ||
| 4 | 搪瓷 | 搪瓷 | táng cí | tang2 ci2 | enamel | ||
| 5 | 搪塞 | 搪塞 | táng sè | tang2 se4 | to muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush; to dodge | ||
| 6 | 搪突 | 搪突 | táng tū | tang2 tu1 | variant of 唐突 | ||
| 7 | 推搪 | 推搪 | tuī táng | tui1 tang2 | to offer excuses (colloquial); to stall | ||
| 8 | 推诿搪塞 | 推諉搪塞 | tuī wěi táng sè | tui1 wei3 tang2 se4 | to shift responsibility onto others and answer evasively (idiom) | ||
| 9 | 支吾搪塞 | 支吾搪塞 | zhī wu táng sāi | zhi1 wu5 tang2 sai1 | to evade the issue; to hedge; to quibble (idiom) |