尋釁

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	offer blood in sacrifice
trad. (尋釁)		尋	釁
simp. (寻衅)		寻	衅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ jan⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵ hiang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-hsin⁴
    • Yale: syún-syìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshinn
    • Palladius: сюньсинь (sjunʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ jan⁶
    • Yale: chàhm yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ jɐn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim⁵ hiang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm hiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ²¹³/

Verb

尋釁

1. to pick a quarrel; to pick a fight

Derived terms

• 尋釁滋事／寻衅滋事 (xúnxìn zīshì)