玩物喪志

Chinese

		treasured valuables; plaything; toy	to lose one's ambition
trad. (玩物喪志)		玩物	喪志
simp. (玩物丧志)		玩物	丧志

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànwùsàngzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ mat⁶ song³ zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànwùsàngzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànwùsàngjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-wu⁴-sang⁴-chih⁴
  - Yale: wàn-wù-sàng-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuhsanqjyh
  - Palladius: ваньусанчжи (vanʹusančži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ mat⁶ song³ zi³
  - Yale: wuhn maht song ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ mat⁹ song³ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ med⁶ song³ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² mɐt̚² sɔːŋ³³ t͡siː³³/

Idiom

玩物喪志

to indulge in what one likes and lose one's sense of purpose; infatuation saps the will

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