人浮於事

Chinese

		man; person; people	to float	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (人浮於事)		人	浮	於	事
simp. (人浮于事)		人	浮	于	事

Etymology

See 人浮於食.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénfúyúshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ fau⁴ jyu¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénfúyúshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénfúyúshìh
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-fu²-yü²-shih⁴
    • Yale: rén-fú-yú-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renfwuyushyh
    • Palladius: жэньфуюйши (žɛnʹfujujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ fu³⁵ y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ fau⁴ jyu¹ si⁶
    • Yale: yàhn fàuh yū sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ fau⁴ jy¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ feo⁴ yu¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ fɐu̯²¹ jyː⁵⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

人浮於事

1. to have more hands than needed; to be overstaffed