消閒

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	idle; interstice; separate
trad. (消閒/消閑)		消	閒/閑
simp. (消闲)		消	闲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaosián
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-hsien²
    • Yale: syāu-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushyan
    • Palladius: сяосянь (sjaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ haan⁴
    • Yale: sīu hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ haːn²¹/

Verb

消閒

1. to fill one's spare time; to while away the time

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 消涼／消凉