滋事

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (滋事)		滋	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ si⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chir-sīr / chu-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyshyh
    • Palladius: цзыши (czyši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ si⁶
    • Yale: jī sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zusu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

滋事

1. to stir up trouble; to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute

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)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 尋釁滋事／寻衅滋事 (xúnxìn zīshì)
• 聚眾滋事／聚众滋事