管閒事

See also: 管闲事

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	other people's business; unimportant matter; trivial matter
trad. (管閒事/管閑事)		管	閒事/閑事
simp. (管闲事)		管	闲事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎnxiánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² haan⁴ si⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): guāng-èng-dâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnxiánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnsiánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-hsien²-shih⁴
    • Yale: gwǎn-syán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goanshyanshyh
    • Palladius: гуаньсяньши (guanʹsjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: gún hàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² han⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ haːn²¹ siː²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guāng-èng-dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(Ø-)ŋɛiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɑi²⁴²/

Verb

管閒事

1. to poke one's nose into other people's business; to meddle

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 膣癟／膣瘪
• (Xiang) 探閒事／探闲事
• (Cantonese) 八