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閒事

閒事

See also: 闲事

Chinese

		idle; interstice; separate	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (閒事/閑事)		閒/閑	事
simp. (闲事)		闲	事

Noun

閒事

other people's business

Derived terms

管閒事／管闲事 (guǎnxiánshì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiánshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàn-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): hân-sīr / êng-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xiánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    賢士／贤士
    閒事／闲事
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiánshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshell
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haan⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: hàahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːn²¹ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàn-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hanˇ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: han² si⁴
  - IPA: /han¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hân-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hân-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: êng-sū
  - Tâi-lô: îng-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³⁻³³ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³⁻²² su²²/