肆意

Chinese

		four (fraud-proof); market	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (肆意)		肆	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ ji³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìr-ì / sù-ì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): se³ i³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhyì
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhyih
    • Palladius: сыи (syi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ ji³
    • Yale: si yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-ì
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-ì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ i⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ì
    • Tâi-lô: sù-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'ix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ i²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: se³ i³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̀ ì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: sijH 'iH

Rime
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息利切	於記切
Baxter	sijH	'iH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪH/	/ʔɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/siH/	/ʔɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɪH/	/ʔieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siH/	/ʔɨH/
Li Rong	/siH/	/ʔiəH/
Wang Li	/siH/	/ĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/siH/	/ʔiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	ji3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ləp-s  ʔ(r)ək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯds  qɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ sijH ›	‹ ʔiH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ləp-s/	/*ʔ(r)ək-s/
English	unrestrained	thought (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肆	意
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7961	15153
Phonetic component	隶	意
Rime group	隊	代
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	四	意
Old Chinese	/*hljɯds/	/*qɯɡs/
Notes	說文右從隸聲， 漢碑隸變爲此

Adverb

肆意

1. wantonly; recklessly; wilfully

   肆意辱罵／肆意辱骂  ―  sìyì rǔmà  ―  to recklessly humiliate; wanton abuse

Synonyms

• 亂／乱 (luàn)
• 任意 (rènyì)
• 恣意 (zìyì)
• 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 胡亂／胡乱 (húluàn)