無所事事

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	everything; every matter; all things everything; every matter; all things; to engage in something; to do things
trad. (無所事事)		無	所	事事
simp. (无所事事)		无	所	事事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúsuǒshìshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒshìshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒshìhshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-shih⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: wú-swǒ-shr̀-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuooshyhshyh
  - Palladius: усошиши (usošiši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: mòuh só sih sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² si⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² xi⁶ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ siː²² siː²²/

Idiom

無所事事

to have nothing to do
這孩子無所事事，只是在街頭閒盪。 [MSC, trad.]
这孩子无所事事，只是在街头闲荡。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè háizi wúsuǒshìshì, zhǐshì zài jiētóu xiándàng. [Pinyin]
The kid has nothing to do but hang around the street corners.

Synonyms

(Xiang) 無情冇事／无情冇事

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