多管閒事

See also: 多管闲事

Chinese[edit]

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	other people's business; unimportant matter; trivial matter
trad. (多管閒事/多管閑事)		多	管	閒事/閑事
simp. (多管闲事)		多	管	闲事

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōguǎnxiánshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duoguǎnsiánshìh
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-kuan³-hsien²-shih⁴
  - Yale: dwō-gwǎn-syán-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duogoanshyanshyh
  - Palladius: догуаньсяньши (doguanʹsjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōguǎnxiánshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duoguǎnsiánshìhr
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-kuan³-hsien²-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dwō-gwǎn-syán-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duogoanshyanshell
  - Palladius: догуаньсяньшир (doguanʹsjanʹšir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ gun² haan⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: dō gún hàahn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ gun² haan⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ gun² han⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ haːn²¹ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: do¹ guang² oin⁵ se⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to kuáng ôiⁿ sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³⁻²³ kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ õĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

多管閒事

to bother to interfere others' business; to have an oar in everyman's boat; to meddle in other people's business

Dialectal synonyms of 多管閒事 (“to meddle in other people's business; to be a busybody”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多管閒事, 多事
Mandarin	Taiwan	多管閒事, 多事, 雞婆
Mandarin	Singapore	多管閒事
Cantonese	Hong Kong	多管閒事, 多事
Southern Min	Taipei	家婆 GT, 多事 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	家婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	家婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	家婆
	Singapore (Teochew)	家婆
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)