礙事

See also: 碍事

Chinese

		to hinder; to obstruct; to block	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (礙事)		礙	事
simp. (碍事)		碍	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àishì

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ si⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): ngai⁵ si⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngoi-sṳ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ si⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gāi-sū / gāi-sīr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àishìh
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: ài-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayshyh
  - Palladius: айши (ajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (礙事兒／碍事儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àishìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àishìhr
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: ài-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayshell
  - Palladius: айшир (ajšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: ngoih sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    外事
    礙事／碍事
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ngai⁵ si⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai¹¹ sz̩¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngoi sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngoi⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gāi-sū
  - Tâi-lô: gāi-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gaixsu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡai³³⁻²¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡai³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡai²²⁻²¹ su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gāi-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: gāi-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡai⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/

Verb

礙⫽事 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to be in the way; to be a hindrance

Synonyms

礙手礙腳／碍手碍脚 (àishǒu'àijiǎo)
(Cantonese) 阻埞 (zo2 deng6)
(Hakka) 礙礙事事／碍碍事事
(Hokkien, Teochew) 鎮塊／镇块
(Xiang) 架事

Adjective

礙事

(often in the negative) serious; being of consequence

Synonyms

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo)
了不得 (colloquial)
勿得了 (Wu)
嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn)
嚴重／严重 (yánzhòng)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (of losses, defeats, etc.)
慘重／惨重 (cǎnzhòng)
深重 (shēnzhòng)
腬身 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)
重大