人心叵測

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	to be unpredictable; to be unfathomable
trad. (人心叵測)		人心	叵測
simp. (人心叵测)		人心	叵测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīnpǒcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ po² cak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīnpǒcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsinpǒcè
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹-pʻo³-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: rén-syīn-pwǒ-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshinpootseh
    • Palladius: жэньсиньпоцэ (žɛnʹsinʹpocɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ po² cak¹
    • Yale: yàhn sām pó chāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ po² tsak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ po² ceg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

人心叵測

1. the human mind is unpredictable; people may harbour an evil intent