躊躇滿志

Chinese edit

		to walk back and forth; to hesitate; to pause	to fill; to fulfil; filled to fill; to fulfil; filled; packed; Manchurian	the will
trad. (躊躇滿志)		躊躇	滿	志
simp. (踌躇满志)		踌躇	满	志

Etymology edit

提刀而立，為之四顧，為之躊躇滿志，善刀而藏之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

提刀而立，为之四顾，为之踌躇满志，善刀而藏之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Tí dāo ér lì, wèizhī sìgù, wèizhī chóuchú mǎnzhì, shàn dāo ér cáng zhī. [Pinyin]

Then standing up with the knife in my hand, I look all round, and in a leisurely manner, with an air of satisfaction, wipe it clean, and put it in its sheath.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóuchúmǎnzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴ cyu⁴ mun⁵ zi³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiu⁵ tu⁵ muan² zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóuchúmǎnzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóuchúmǎnjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou²-chʻu²-man³-chih⁴
  - Yale: chóu-chú-mǎn-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourchwumaanjyh
  - Palladius: чоучуманьчжи (čoučumanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau⁴ cyu⁴ mun⁵ zi³
  - Yale: chàuh chyùh múhn ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴ tsy⁴ mun⁵ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴ qu⁴ mun⁵ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰyː²¹ muːn¹³ t͡siː³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tiu⁵ tu⁵ muan² zi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiû thû muáⁿ tsì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mũã⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si²¹³/

Idiom edit

躊躇滿志

contented; self-satisfied