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Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	dispatch
trad. (消遣)		消	遣
simp. #(消遣)		消	遣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-khién / sêu-khián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-khián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaociǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: syāu-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauchean
    • Palladius: сяоцянь (sjaocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ hin²
    • Yale: sīu hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ kien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-khián
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ kian^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴ kʰi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-khián
    • Tâi-lô: siau-khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'qiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁴¹/

Verb

消遣

1. to kill time; to amuse oneself
2. to make fun of; to play tricks on; to tease
3. (archaic) to take a rest

Synonyms

• (to kill time): 打發／打发 (dǎfa), 消磨 (xiāomó)
• (to make fun of):

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• 作弄 (zuònòng)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
• 創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
• 創景／创景 (Hokkien)
• 創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
• 剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
• 剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
• 剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
• 𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 取笑 (qǔxiào)
• 呾笑話／呾笑话 (dan³ cio³ uê⁷) (Teochew)
• 呾耍笑 (Teochew)
• 嗤笑 (chīxiào)
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 奚落 (xīluò)
• 尋開心／寻开心 (Wu)
• 巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
• 恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
• 戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
• 戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
• 挖苦 (wākǔ)
• 捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
• 撩 (Hakka)
• 撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 擺弄／摆弄
• 湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
• 𤊶人 (Hakka)
• 玩 (colloquial)
• 玩弄
• 笑 (xiào)
• 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
• 耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
• 落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
• 訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
• 詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
• 說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
• 調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
• 諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
• 諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
• 謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
• 謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
• 講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
• 變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
• 𧮙 (Wu)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
• 逗 (dòu)
• 逗弄
• 鄙笑 (Hokkien)
• 酸笑 (Hokkien)
• 鈍／钝 (Wu)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

 

Noun

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1. pastime; recreation