奢侈

Chinese

		extravagant	extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
trad. (奢侈)		奢	侈
simp. #(奢侈)		奢	侈
anagram		侈奢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ ci² / se¹ ci²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhia-chhír / chhia-chhí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shechǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shê¹-chʻih³
    • Yale: shē-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shechyy
    • Palladius: шэчи (šɛči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ ci² / se¹ ci²
    • Yale: chē chí / sē chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ tsi² / se¹ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ qi² / sé¹ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /sɛː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: tshia-tshír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia³³ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhia-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: tshia-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiachie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁵³/

Adjective

奢侈

1. luxurious; extravagant

   閒居是一種奢侈。 [MSC, trad.]
   闲居是一种奢侈。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xiánjū shì yī zhǒng shēchǐ. [Pinyin]

   Being able to stay at home doing nothing in particular is a kind of luxury.

Synonyms

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• 侈奢 (chǐshē) (formal)
• 奢華／奢华 (shēhuá)
• 奢靡
• 排場／排场
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 豪華／豪华 (háohuá)
• 鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)
• 鋪排／铺排 (pūpái)

 

Derived terms

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