聲東擊西

Chinese

	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	east	to hit; to strike; to break	west
trad. (聲東擊西)	聲	東	擊	西
simp. (声东击西)	声	东	击	西
Literally: “to make a feint to the east but attack in the west”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngdōngjīxī, shēngdōngjíxī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧㄒㄧ, ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ dung¹ gik¹ sai¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sian¹ dang¹ kêg⁴ sai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngdōngjīxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengdongjisi
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tung¹-chi¹-hsi¹
  - Yale: shēng-dūng-jī-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengdongjishi
  - Palladius: шэндунцзиси (šɛndunczisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngdōngjíxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengdongjísi
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tung¹-chi²-hsi¹
  - Yale: shēng-dūng-jí-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengdongjyishi
  - Palladius: шэндунцзиси (šɛndunczisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ dung¹ gik¹ sai¹
  - Yale: sīng dūng gīk sāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ dung¹ gik⁷ sai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ dung¹ gig¹ sei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sian¹ dang¹ kêg⁴ sai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siaⁿ tang khek sai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã³³⁻²³ taŋ³³⁻²³ kʰek̚²⁻⁴ sai³³/

聲東擊西

(military) during a battle, to create the illusion of assaulting a target, while the true goal is to assault another target where it's least expected
(by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something