寢食難安

Chinese

		resting and eating; daily life; daily activities	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (寢食難安)		寢食	難	安
simp. (寝食难安)		寝食	难	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐnshínán'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam² sik⁶ naan⁴ on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnshínán'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnshíhnán-an
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin³-shih²-nan²-an¹
    • Yale: chǐn-shŕ-nán-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiinshyrnanan
    • Palladius: циньшинаньань (cinʹšinanʹanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ nän³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam² sik⁶ naan⁴ on¹
    • Yale: chám sihk nàahn ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam² sik⁹ naan⁴ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem² xig⁶ nan⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm³⁵ sɪk̚² naːn²¹ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

寢食難安

1. extremely worried and troubled

Synonyms

• 寢食不安／寝食不安 (qǐnshíbù'ān)