獨斷專行

Chinese

		to make decisions on one's own; to be arbitrary; arbitrary to make decisions on one's own; to be arbitrary; arbitrary; dictatorial; dogmatic
trad. (獨斷專行)		獨斷	專行
simp. (独断专行)		独断	专行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúduànzhuānxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ dyun³ zyun¹ hang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúduànzhuānxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúduànjhuansíng
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-tuan⁴-chuan¹-hsing²
    • Yale: dú-dwàn-jwān-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuduannjuanshyng
    • Palladius: дудуаньчжуаньсин (duduanʹčžuanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ dyun³ zyun¹ hang⁴
    • Yale: duhk dyun jyūn hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ dyn³ dzyn¹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ dün³ jun¹ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² tyːn³³ t͡syːn⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

獨斷專行

1. to act arbitrarily

Synonyms

• 獨斷獨行／独断独行 (dúduàndúxíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (獨斷專行):

• → Japanese: 独断(どくだん)専行(せんこう) (dokudansenkō)