惹是非

Chinese

		to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	right and wrong; dispute; quarrel right and wrong; dispute; quarrel; conflict
trad. (惹是非)		惹	是非
simp. ^#(惹是非)		惹	是非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rěshìfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ si⁶ fei¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngiâ sṳ-fî

(Hailu, HRS): ngia^ˋ shi^˖ fui^ˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rěshìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rěshìhfei
  - Wade–Giles: jê³-shih⁴-fei¹
  - Yale: rě-shr̀-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reeshyhfei
  - Palladius: жэшифэй (žɛšifɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁵ si⁶ fei¹
  - Yale: yéh sih fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ si⁶ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ xi⁶ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiâ sṳ-fî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngia^ˊ sii fi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngia¹ si⁴ fi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵ fi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngia^ˋ shi^˖ fui^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋia⁵³ ʃi³³ fui⁵³/

Verb

惹⫽是非 (verb-object)

to provoke a dispute; to stir up trouble
- 我怕在那裏久惹是非，所以就告假出了京來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我怕在那里久惹是非，所以就告假出了京来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Wǒ pà zài nàlǐ jiǔ rě shìfēi, suǒyǐ jiù gàojià chū le jīng lái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)