尋事生非

Chinese

			to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (尋事生非)		尋事	生	非
simp. (寻事生非)		寻事	生	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnshìshēngfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnshìshēngfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnshìhshengfei
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-shih⁴-shêng¹-fei¹
    • Yale: syún-shr̀-shēng-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshyhshengfei
    • Palladius: сюньшишэнфэй (sjunʹšišɛnfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹
    • Yale: chàhm sih sāng fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ si⁶ sang¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ xi⁶ seng¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ siː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

尋事生非

1. to seek a quarrel; to make trouble