躊躇滿志

Chinese

		to walk back and forth; to hesitate; to pause	to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian	the will
trad. (躊躇滿志)		躊躇	滿	志
simp. (踌躇满志)		踌躇	满	志

Etymology

提刀而立，為之四顧，為之躊躇滿志，善刀而藏之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

---

提刀而立，为之四顾，为之踌躇满志，善刀而藏之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Tí dāo ér lì, wèizhī sìgù, wèizhī chóuchú mǎnzhì, shàn dāo ér cáng zhī. [Pinyin]

Then standing up with the knife in my hand, I look all round, and in a leisurely manner, with an air of satisfaction, wipe it clean, and put it in its sheath.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuchúmǎnzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴ cyu⁴ mun⁵ zi³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu⁵ tu⁵ muan² zi³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóuchúmǎnzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuchúmǎnjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²-chʻu²-man³-chih⁴
    • Yale: chóu-chú-mǎn-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourchwumaanjyh
    • Palladius: чоучуманьчжи (čoučumanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau⁴ cyu⁴ mun⁵ zi³
    • Yale: chàuh chyùh múhn ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴ tsy⁴ mun⁵ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴ qu⁴ mun⁵ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹ muːn¹³ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiu⁵ tu⁵ muan² zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiû thû muáⁿ tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mũã⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si²¹³/

Idiom

躊躇滿志

1. contented; self-satisfied