胡作非為

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (胡作非為/胡作非爲)		胡	作	非	為/爲
simp. (胡作非为)		胡	作	非	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húzuòfēiwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húzuòfēiwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húzuòfeiwéi
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-tso⁴-fei¹-wei²
    • Yale: hú-dzwò-fēi-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutzuohfeiwei
    • Palladius: хуцзофэйвэй (xuczofɛjvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: wùh jok fēi wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dzok⁸ fei¹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ zog³ féi¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

胡作非為

1. to disregard rules and do evil as one pleases; to act wildly in defiance or public opinion or the law

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 瘄污污

Related terms

• 橫行／横行 (héngxíng)