無事可做

See also: 无事可做

Chinese

		not have	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to do; to make; to produce
trad. (無事可做)		無	事	可	做
simp. (无事可做)		无	事	可	做

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshìkězuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si⁶ ho² zou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshìkězuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshìhkězuò
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shih⁴-kʻo³-tso⁴
    • Yale: wú-shr̀-kě-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushyhkeetzuoh
    • Palladius: ушикэцзо (ušikɛczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ si⁶ ho² zou⁶
    • Yale: mòuh sih hó jouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si⁶ ho² dzou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi⁶ ho² zou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː²² hɔː³⁵ t͡sou̯²²/

Verb

無事可做

1. (idiomatic) to have nothing to do

   • 愛麗絲靠著姐姐坐在江邊無事可做，開始厭倦起來。 [MSC, trad.]
     爱丽丝靠着姐姐坐在江边无事可做，开始厌倦起来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005, 【英】路易斯·卡洛爾 著, 董怡 譯, 周佳欣 譯審, 《彩繪世界文學名著專家導讀版愛麗絲漫遊仙境》, 明天出版社, →ISBN, p. 1

     Àilìsī kàozhe jiějiě zuò zài jiāngbiān wúshìkězuò, kāishǐ yànjuàn qǐlái. [Pinyin]

     Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do.