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

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

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.

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