意氣用事

Chinese

		spirit; enthusiasm; inclination spirit; enthusiasm; inclination; disposition	to hold power; to use classical allusions in poetry and literature
trad. (意氣用事)		意氣	用事
simp. (意气用事)		意气	用事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìqìyòngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ hei³ jung⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìqìyòngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìcìyòngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chʻi⁴-yung⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yì-chì-yùng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihchihyonqshyh
    • Palladius: ициюнши (icijunši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ hei³ jung⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: yi hei yuhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ hei³ jung⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ héi³ yung⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ hei̯³³ jʊŋ²² siː²²/

Idiom

意氣用事

1. to act on impulse

   我勸你還是不要意氣用事。 [MSC, trad.]
   我劝你还是不要意气用事。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ quàn nǐ háishì bùyào yìqìyòngshì. [Pinyin]

   I urge you not to act on impulse.