息事寧人

Chinese

		rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	man; person; people
trad. (息事寧人)		息	事	寧	人
simp. (息事宁人)		息	事	宁	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshìníngrén, xíshìníngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-sū-lêng-jîn / sek-sū-lêng-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshìníngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishìhníngrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shih⁴-ning²-jên²
    • Yale: syī-shr̀-níng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishyhningren
    • Palladius: сишининжэнь (sišininžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ niŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíshìníngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síshìhníngrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-shih⁴-ning²-jên²
    • Yale: syí-shr̀-níng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyishyhningren
    • Palladius: сишининжэнь (sišininžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ niŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīk sih nìhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ xi⁶ ning⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ siː²² nɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sū-lêng-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sik-sū-lîng-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seksuxlengjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sū-lêng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sik-sū-lîng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seksuxlengliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/

Idiom

息事寧人

1. to end a dispute or conflict and calm the people down