患得患失

Chinese

		misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)	to lose; to miss; to fail
simp. and trad. (患得患失)		患	得	患	失

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàndéhuànshī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ dak¹ waan⁶ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huàndéhuànshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huàndéhuànshih
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-tê²-huan⁴-shih¹
  - Yale: hwàn-dé-hwàn-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannderhuannshy
  - Palladius: хуаньдэхуаньши (xuanʹdɛxuanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ dak¹ waan⁶ sat¹
  - Yale: waahn dāk waahn sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ dak⁷ waan⁶ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ deg¹ wan⁶ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² tɐk̚⁵ waːn²² sɐt̚⁵/

Verb

患得患失

to be mean; to be tight-fisted
to be overcautious; to tend to avoid risks

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