庸人自擾
Chinese
mediocre person; ordinary person | |||
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trad. (庸人自擾) | 庸人 | 自擾 | |
simp. (庸人自扰) | 庸人 | 自扰 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yongrénzìhrǎo
- Wade–Giles: yung1-jên2-tzŭ4-jao3
- Yale: yūng-rén-dz̀-rǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongrentzyhrao
- Palladius: юнжэньцзыжао (junžɛnʹczyžao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jung4 jan4 zi6 jiu2 / jung4 jan4 zi6 jiu5
- Yale: yùhng yàhn jih yíu / yùhng yàhn jih yíuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung4 jan4 dzi6 jiu2 / jung4 jan4 dzi6 jiu5
- Guangdong Romanization: yung4 yen4 ji6 yiu2 / yung4 yen4 ji6 yiu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵/, /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 庸人自擾
- to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch