Beijing Dialect
Hypocritical
矫情
(jiáoqinɡ)
A: My grandma is so hypocritical, I can’t stand her!
我奶奶可真够矫情的,我受不了了!
(wǒ nǎinai kě zhēn ɡòu jiáoqinɡ de, wǒ shòubùliǎo le!)
B: What happened? I thought you have a happy family.
怎么了?我还以为你们家挺和睦的呢。
(zěnmele? wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐmen jiā tǐnɡ hémù de ne.)
A: If I suggest anything, she will turn it down and give a lot of ridiculous reasons.
我只要有什么提议,她就准反对,还拿出一大堆可笑的理由。
(wǒ zhīyào yǒu shénme tíyì, tā jiù zhǔn fǎnduì, hái náchū yí dàduī kěxiào de lǐyóu.)
B: Old people are like that.
老人们都这样。
(lǎorénmen dōu zhèyànɡ.)