無所事事

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	everything; every matter; all things everything; every matter; all things; to engage in something; to do things
trad. (無所事事)		無	所	事事
simp. (无所事事)		无	所	事事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúsuǒshìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒshìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒshìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-shih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wú-swǒ-shr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuooshyhshyh
    • Palladius: усошиши (usošiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: mòuh só sih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² xi⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ siː²² siː²²/

Idiom

無所事事

1. to have nothing to do

   這孩子無所事事，只是在街頭閒盪。 [MSC, trad.]
   这孩子无所事事，只是在街头闲荡。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè háizi wúsuǒshìshì, zhǐshì zài jiētóu xiándàng. [Pinyin]

   The kid has nothing to do but hang around the street corners.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 無情冇事／无情冇事