居心叵測

Chinese

		to harbour intentions	to be unpredictable; to be unfathomable
trad. (居心叵測)		居心	叵測
simp. (居心叵测)		居心	叵测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūxīnpǒcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ sam¹ po² cak¹, geoi¹ sam¹ po² caak¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ge¹ sim¹ po² cêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūxīnpǒcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyusinpǒcè
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-hsin¹-pʻo³-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: jyū-syīn-pwǒ-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiushinpootseh
    • Palladius: цзюйсиньпоцэ (czjujsinʹpocɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ sam¹ po² cak¹, geoi¹ sam¹ po² caak¹
    • Yale: gēui sām pó chāk, gēui sām pó chāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ sam¹ po² tsak⁷, goey¹ sam¹ po² tsaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ sem¹ po² ceg¹, gêu¹ sem¹ po² cag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge¹ sim¹ po² cêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ sim phó tshek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³³⁻²³ sim³³⁻²³ pʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰek̚²/

Idiom

居心叵測

1. to harbor sinister intentions difficult to guess