肆意

Chinese

		four (fraud-proof); market	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (肆意)		肆	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ ji³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sìr-ì / sù-ì

(Teochew, Peng'im): se³ i³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyì
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: sz̀-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyih
  - Palladius: сыи (syi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    四藝 / 四艺
    肆意
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ ji³
  - Yale: si yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sìr-ì
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sù-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se³ i³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̀ ì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i²¹³/

Middle Chinese: sijH 'iH

Rime
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息利切	於記切
Baxter	sijH	'iH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪ^H/	/ʔɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/si^H/	/ʔɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪ^H/	/ʔie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/si^H/	/ʔɨ^H/
Li Rong	/si^H/	/ʔiə^H/
Wang Li	/si^H/	/ĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si^H/	/ʔi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³	ji³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ləp-s ʔ(r)ək-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯds qɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ sij^H ›	‹ ʔi^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ləp-s/	/*ʔ(r)ək-s/
English	unrestrained	thought (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7961	15153
Phonetic component	隶	意
Rime group	隊	代
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	四	意
Old Chinese	/*hljɯds/	/*qɯɡs/
Notes	說文右從隸聲，漢碑隸變爲此

Adverb

肆意

wantonly; recklessly; wilfully
肆意辱罵／肆意辱骂 ― sìyì rǔmà ― to recklessly humiliate; wanton abuse

Synonyms

亂 / 乱 (luàn)
任意 (rènyì)
恣意 (zìyì)
狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
胡亂 / 胡乱 (húluàn)