心亂如麻

Chinese

		to be upset; to be distracted	as (if); such as	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (心亂如麻)		心亂	如	麻
simp. (心乱如麻)		心乱	如	麻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnluànrúmá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ lyun⁶ jyu⁴ maa⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xim¹ lon⁴ yi² ma²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnluànrúmá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinluànrúmá
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-luan⁴-ju²-ma²
    • Yale: syīn-lwàn-rú-má
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinluannruma
    • Palladius: синьлуаньжума (sinʹluanʹžuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ mä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ lyun⁶ jyu⁴ maa⁴
    • Yale: sām lyuhn yùh màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ lyn⁶ jy⁴ maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ lün⁶ yu⁴ ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ lyːn²² jyː²¹ maː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xim¹ lon⁴ yi² ma²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lɔn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ i¹¹ ma¹¹/

Idiom

心亂如麻

1. to have one's mind as confused as a tangled skein; to be utterly confused and disconcerted; to be terribly upset