少管閒事

See also: 少管闲事

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to poke one's nose into other people's business; to meddle
trad. (少管閒事/少管閑事)		少	管閒事/管閑事
simp. (少管闲事)		少	管闲事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoguǎnxiánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gun² haan⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoguǎnxiánshì [Phonetic: sháoguǎnxiánshì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoguǎnsiánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-kuan³-hsien²-shih⁴
    • Yale: shǎu-gwǎn-syán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaogoanshyanshyh
    • Palladius: шаогуаньсяньши (šaoguanʹsjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoguǎnxiánshìr [Phonetic: sháoguǎnxiánshìr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoguǎnsiánshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-kuan³-hsien²-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǎu-gwǎn-syán-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaogoanshyanshell
    • Palladius: шаогуаньсяньшир (šaoguanʹsjanʹšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: síu gún hàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gun² han⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kuːn³⁵ haːn²¹ siː²²/

Phrase

少管閒事

1. (impolite) mind your own business

See also

• 多管閒事／多管闲事 (duōguǎnxiánshì)