徇私

Chinese

		follow; quick	personal; private; selfish
simp. and trad. (徇私)		徇	私

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnsī, xúnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙ, ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ si¹ / seon⁶ si¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syùn-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnsy
    • Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syún-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunsy
    • Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ si¹ / seon⁶ si¹
    • Yale: sēun sī / seuhn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ si¹ / soen⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ xi¹ / sên⁶ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /sɵn²² siː⁵⁵/

Verb

徇私

1. to act biasedly; to practice favouritism

Derived terms

• 徇私作弊
• 徇私廢公／徇私废公
• 徇私枉法 (xùnsīwǎngfǎ)
• 徇私舞弊