幫閒

Chinese

		to assist; to support; to help to assist; to support; to help; group; gang; party	idle; interstice; separate
trad. (幫閒)		幫	閒
simp. (帮闲)		帮	闲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹ haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bangsián
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹-hsien²
    • Yale: bāng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bangshyan
    • Palladius: бансянь (bansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹ haan⁴
    • Yale: bōng hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹ haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ haːn²¹/

Noun

幫閒

1. literary hack

Verb

幫閒

1. to keep to serve the rich and powerful with literary hack work, etc.