酒色財氣

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (酒色財氣)		酒	色	財	氣
simp. (酒色财气)		酒	色	财	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔsècáiqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² sik¹ coi⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔsècáiqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusècáicì
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-sê⁴-tsʻai²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: jyǒu-sè-tsái-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeousehtsairchih
    • Palladius: цзюсэцайци (czjusɛcajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² sik¹ coi⁴ hei³
    • Yale: jáu sīk chòih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² sik⁷ tsoi⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² xig¹ coi⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ hei̯³³/

Idiom

酒色財氣

1. wine, sex, avarice and temper; the four cardinal vices