玩物喪志
Chinese
| treasured valuables; plaything; toy | to lose one's ambition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (玩物喪志) | 玩物 | 喪志 | |
| simp. (玩物丧志) | 玩物 | 丧志 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): wánwùsàngzhì, wànwùsàngzhì
- (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wun6 mat6 song3 zi3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wánwùsàngzhì
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wánwùsàngjhìh
- Wade–Giles: wan2-wu4-sang4-chih4
- Yale: wán-wù-sàng-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanwuhsanqjyh
- Palladius: ваньусанчжи (vanʹusančži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wànwùsàngzhì
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wànwùsàngjhìh
- Wade–Giles: wan4-wu4-sang4-chih4
- Yale: wàn-wù-sàng-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuhsanqjyh
- Palladius: ваньусанчжи (vanʹusančži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wun6 mat6 song3 zi3
- Yale: wuhn maht song ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: wun6 mat9 song3 dzi3
- Guangdong Romanization: wun6 med6 song3 ji3
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚² sɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
玩物喪志