裝模作樣 [装－－样]

Jyutping zong1 mou4 zok3 joeng6
Pinyin zhuāng mó zuò yàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to put on an act (idiom); to show affectation
  2. to indulge in histrionics
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    專登扮​嘢​；​唔​係​出​於​自然​嘅​表​現​；​做作
    to behave in an affected way; to pretend
    • 你咁裝模作樣真係令人好反感。
      你咁装模作样真系令人好反感。
      nei5 gam3 zong1 mou4 zok3 joeng6 zan1 hai6 ling6 jan4 hou2 faan2 gam2.
      I am sick of your affected manner.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to behave in an affected way; to put on an act
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    装模作样
    裝模作樣
    zong1 mou4 zok3 joeng6
    • to be pretentious; to act with affected manners
  2. Cantonese
    你咁装模作样真系令人好反感。
    你咁裝模作樣真係令人好反感。
    nei5 gam3 zong1 mou4 zok3 joeng6 zan1 hai6 ling6 jan4 hou2 faan2 gam2.
    • I am sick of your affected manner.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    所以他们同时就具备着欺骗民众的资格，使得民众不容易认识他们的不彻底性以及装模作样的假相。
    所以他們同時就具備着欺騙民眾的資格，使得民眾不容易認識他們的不徹底性以及裝模作樣的假相。
    suǒ yǐ tā men tóng shí jiù jù bèi zhe qī piàn mín zhòng de zī gé ， shǐ dé mín zhòng bù róng yì rèn shi tā men de bù chè dǐ xìng yǐ jí zhuāng mó zuò yàng de jiǎ xiàng ．
    • They thus acquire a deceptive status which makes it difficult for the people to see through their lack of revolutionary thoroughness and their false trappings.