折騰

See also: 折腾

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (折騰)		折	騰
simp. (折腾)		折	腾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēteng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ tang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-thêng / chiat-thn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēteng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhete̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-tʻêng⁵
    • Yale: jē-teng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: je.teng
    • Palladius: чжэтэн (čžɛtɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ tang⁴
    • Yale: jit tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatteeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-thn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatt'ngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

折騰

1. (colloquial) to toss about; to be restless
2. (colloquial) to do something over and over again
3. (colloquial) to torment; to cause mental suffering
4. (colloquial) to do pointless things
5. (colloquial) to waste; to squander

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