玩物喪志

Chinese

		treasured valuables; plaything; toy	to lose one's ambition
trad. (玩物喪志)		玩物	喪志
simp. (玩物丧志)		玩物	丧志

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànwùsàngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶ song³ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànwùsàngzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànwùsàngjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-wu⁴-sang⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: wàn-wù-sàng-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuhsanqjyh
    • Palladius: ваньусанчжи (vanʹusančži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶ song³ zi³
    • Yale: wuhn maht song ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹ song³ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ med⁶ song³ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚² sɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³³/

Idiom

玩物喪志

1. to indulge in what one likes and lose one's sense of purpose; infatuation saps the will