憤世嫉俗

Chinese

			jealousy; be jealous of	vulgar
trad. (憤世嫉俗)		憤世	嫉	俗
simp. (愤世嫉俗)		愤世	嫉	俗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fènshìjísú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵ sai³ zat⁶ zuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fènshìjísú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄙㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fènshìhjísú
  - Wade–Giles: fên⁴-shih⁴-chi²-su²
  - Yale: fèn-shr̀-jí-sú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennshyhjyiswu
  - Palladius: фэньшицзису (fɛnʹšiczisu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁵ sai³ zat⁶ zuk⁶
  - Yale: fáhn sai jaht juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵ sai³ dzat⁹ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵ sei³ zed⁶ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³ sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐt̚² t͡sʊk̚²/

Idiom

憤世嫉俗

to be cynical; to be embittered
- 別聽他的話，他是個憤世嫉俗的家伙 [MSC, trad.]
  别听他的话，他是个愤世嫉俗的家伙 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Blackboard Jungle, 1955 (OpenSubtitles)
  bié tīng tā de huà, tā shì ge fènshìjísú de jiāhuo [Pinyin]
  Don't listen to him, he's a cynic.
- 還是憤世嫉俗的樣子，你一點沒變 [MSC, trad.]
  还是愤世嫉俗的样子，你一点没变 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Bayside Shakedown 2, 2003 (OpenSubtitles)
  háishì fènshìjísú de yàngzǐ, nǐ yīdiǎn méi biàn [Pinyin]
  Bitter as ever; you haven't changed.

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