心急如焚

Chinese

		hasty; anxious to get something done; impatient hasty; anxious to get something done; impatient; eager	as (if); such as	burn
trad. (心急如焚)		心急	如	焚
simp. #(心急如焚)		心急	如	焚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnjírúfén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ gap¹ jyu⁴ fan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sim¹ gib⁴ ru⁵ ung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnjírúfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinjírúfén
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chi²-ju²-fên²
    • Yale: syīn-jí-rú-fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinjyirufern
    • Palladius: синьцзижуфэнь (sinʹczižufɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʐu³⁵ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ gap¹ jyu⁴ fan⁴
    • Yale: sām gāp yùh fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ gap⁷ jy⁴ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ geb¹ yu⁴ fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ kɐp̚⁵ jyː²¹ fɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim¹ gib⁴ ru⁵ ung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sim kip jû ûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³⁻²³ kip̚²⁻⁴ d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

心急如焚

1. very anxious; very nervous; very impatient