等閒之輩

Chinese

		ordinary; unimportant; aimlessly ordinary; unimportant; aimlessly; thoughtlessly	's; him/her/it; this	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (等閒之輩/等閑之輩)		等閒/等閑	之	輩
simp. (等闲之辈)		等闲	之	辈

Etymology

From Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děngxiánzhībèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² haan⁴ zi¹ bui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děngxiánzhībèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děngsiánjhihbèi
    • Wade–Giles: têng³-hsien²-chih¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: děng-syán-jr̄-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengshyanjybey
    • Palladius: дэнсяньчжибэй (dɛnsjanʹčžibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² haan⁴ zi¹ bui³
    • Yale: dáng hàahn jī bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² haan⁴ dzi¹ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² han⁴ ji¹ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ haːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ puːi̯³³/

Idiom

等閒之輩

1. ordinary folk; lightweight; nobody