煞有介事

Chinese

		baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	introduce; lie between; between	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (煞有介事)		煞	有	介	事
simp. #(煞有介事)		煞	有	介	事

Etymology

Clipping of 像煞有介事.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàyǒujièshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jau⁵ gaai³ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàyǒujièshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàyǒujièshìh
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-yu³-chieh⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shà-yǒu-jyè-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahyeoujiehshyh
    • Palladius: шаюцзеши (šajuczeši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jau⁵ gaai³ si⁶
    • Yale: saat yáuh gaai sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jau⁵ gaai³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yeo⁵ gai³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐu̯¹³ kaːi̯³³ siː²²/

Idiom

煞有介事

1. in all apparent seriousness