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

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: sui^ˇ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui² yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˇ (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

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)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 隨意 – see the following entry.

【随意ずいい】

[adjective] optional, voluntary

[noun] free will

(This term, 隨意, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)