惹事

Chinese

		to provoke; to exasperate; to annoy	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (惹事)		惹	事
simp. #(惹事)		惹	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rěshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liá-sīr / liá-sū / jiá-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěshìh
    • Wade–Giles: jê³-shih⁴
    • Yale: rě-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reeshyh
    • Palladius: жэши (žɛši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (惹事兒／惹事儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rěshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˇ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rěshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: jê³-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: rě-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: reeshell
    • Palladius: жэшир (žɛšir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: yéh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liá-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: liá-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liá-sū
    • Tâi-lô: liá-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiá-sū
    • Tâi-lô: jiá-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiafsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/

Verb

惹事

1. to stir up trouble; to make trouble

Synonyms

• 亂它／乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
• 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
• 亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào)
• 作孽 (Hokkien)
• 使壞／使坏 (shǐhuài)
• 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
• 卵彈琴／卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
• 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
• 搶事／抢事 (Hokkien)
• 搞事 (gǎoshì)
• 搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
• 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
• 滋事 (zīshì)
• 滋擾／滋扰 (zīrǎo)
• 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào)
• 生事 (shēngshì)
• 生氣／生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 生空 (Hokkien)
• 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
• 生空生縫／生空生缝 (Hokkien)
• 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
• 胡來／胡来 (húlái)
• 胡攪／胡搅 (hújiǎo)
• 胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
• 舞射 (Hakka)
• 變精／变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 變鬼／变鬼 (Hokkien)
• 變魍／变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起事 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)