置身事外

Chinese

		to install; to place; to put	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (置身事外)		置	身	事	外
simp. ^#(置身事外)		置	身	事	外

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìshēnshìwài

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄣㄕˋ ㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshēnshìwài
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄣㄕˋ ㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshenshìhwài
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shên¹-shih⁴-wai⁴
  - Yale: jr̀-shēn-shr̀-wài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshenshyhway
  - Palladius: чжишэньшивай (čžišɛnʹšivaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Yale: ji sān sih ngoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ sen¹ xi⁶ ngoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ sɐn⁵⁵ siː²² ŋɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

置身事外

to stand back; to not care and be indifferent about a matter

Synonyms

超然物外 (chāoránwùwài)
(Hokkien) 激外外

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