遊手好閒

Chinese

trad. (遊手好閒/游手好閒/遊手好閑/游手好閑)		遊手/游手	好閒/好閑
simp. (游手好闲)		游手	好闲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóushǒuhàoxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ sau² hou³ haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóushǒuhàoxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóushǒuhàosián
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-shou³-hao⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: yóu-shǒu-hàu-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshoouhawshyan
    • Palladius: юшоухаосянь (jušouxaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ sau² hou³ haan⁴
    • Yale: yàuh sáu hou hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ sau² hou³ haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ seo² hou³ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ hou̯³³ haːn²¹/

Idiom

遊手好閒

1. to loaf about; to be indolent

See also

• 遊手偷閒／游手偷闲