隨意

Chinese

		to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
trad. (隨意)		隨	意
simp. (随意)		随	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suíyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ ji³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sùi-yi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suíyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéiyì
    • Wade–Giles: sui²-i⁴
    • Yale: swéi-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweiyih
    • Palladius: суйи (suji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ ji³
    • Yale: chèuih yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ jiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: suiˇ i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: suiˇ (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-ì
    • Tâi-lô: suî-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sui'ix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³⁻²² i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ i²¹/

Adjective

隨意

1. casual; as one pleases

   隨意漲價／随意涨价  ―  suíyì zhàngjià  ―  to raise the price as one pleases

   他拿起菜單，隨意點了幾個菜。 [MSC, trad.]
   他拿起菜单，随意点了几个菜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā ná qǐ càidān, suíyì diǎn le jǐ ge cài. [Pinyin]

   He picked up the menu and ordered a few dishes at random.

Derived terms

• 不隨意肌／不随意肌 (bùsuíyìjī)
• 隨意肌／随意肌 (suíyìjī)