唯恐天下不亂

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	afraid; frightened; to fear	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	not; no	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (唯恐天下不亂)		唯	恐	天下	不	亂
simp. (唯恐天下不乱)		唯	恐	天下	不	乱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi kǒng tiānxià bù luàn [Phonetic: wéi kǒng tiānxià bú luàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi kǒng tiansià bù luàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei² kʻung³ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ pu⁴ luan⁴
    • Yale: wéi kǔng tyān-syà bù lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei koong tianshiah bu luann
    • Palladius: вэй кун тянься бу луань (vɛj kun tjanʹsja bu luanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat¹ lyun⁶
    • Yale: wàih húng tīn hah bāt lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ hung² tin¹ haa⁶ bat⁷ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ hung² tin¹ ha⁶ bed¹ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ hʊŋ³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² pɐt̚⁵ lyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rui⁶ kiong² tin¹ ê⁶ bug⁴ luang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭi khióng thiⁿ ĕ puk luăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ luaŋ³⁵/

Idiom

唯恐天下不亂

1. to desire to see the world in chaos