餿主意

See also: 馊主意

Chinese

		rancid; soured (as food)	idea; plan; personal judgement idea; plan; personal judgement; opinion; decision
trad. (餿主意)		餿	主意
simp. (馊主意)		馊	主意
Literally: “rotten idea”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōuzhǔyì, sōuzhúyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹seu-tsy-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōuzhǔyì → sōuzhǔyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ → ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: soujhǔyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-chu³-i⁵
    • Yale: sōu-jǔ-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soujuu.yih
    • Palladius: соучжуи (součžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/ → /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴ i⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōuzhúyì → sōuzhúyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ → ㄙㄡ ㄓㄨˊ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: soujhúyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-chu²-i⁵
    • Yale: sōu-jú-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soujwu.yih
    • Palladius: соучжуи (součžui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i⁵¹/ → /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹seu-tsy-i
    • MiniDict: seu^平 tsyi i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹seu-tsr-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ i²¹/

Noun

餿主意

1. (idiomatic) weird, unreliable and often somewhat amusing advice or suggestion; lousy idea