息事寧人

Chinese

		rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	man; person; people
trad. (息事寧人)		息	事	寧	人
simp. (息事宁人)		息	事	宁	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīshìníngrén, xíshìníngrén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sek-sū-lêng-jîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīshìníngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishyhningren
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ niŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xíshìníngrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyishyhningren
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ niŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
  - Yale: sīk sih nìhng yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ xi⁶ ning⁴ yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ siː²² nɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-sū-lêng-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: sik-sū-lîng-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seksuxlengjiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ su⁴¹⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ¹³⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su³³⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡ʑin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ʑin²³/

Idiom

息事寧人

to end a dispute or conflict and calm the people down

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