袖手旁觀

See also: 袖手旁观

Chinese

		to put one's hands into the sleeves; to take a do-nothing attitude; to look on	to be an onlooker; to look on; to stand by
trad. (袖手旁觀)		袖手	旁觀
simp. (袖手旁观)		袖手	旁观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùshǒupángguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶ sau² pong⁴ gun¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siū-chhiú-pông-koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu³ ciu² pang⁵ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùshǒupángguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòushǒupángguan
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-shou³-pʻang²-kuan¹
    • Yale: syòu-shǒu-páng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowshoouparngguan
    • Palladius: сюшоупангуань (sjušoupanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau⁶ sau² pong⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: jauh sáu pòhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ sau² pong⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ seo² pong⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² sɐu̯³⁵ pʰɔːŋ²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chhiú-pông-koan
    • Tâi-lô: siū-tshiú-pông-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxchiw'pongkoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ¹³⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²³⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu³ ciu² pang⁵ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù tshiú phâng kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

Idiom

袖手旁觀

1. to put one's hands into one's sleeves and look on; to observe and do nothing; to stand by; to become a passive observer