等閒之輩

Chinese

		ordinary; unimportant; aimlessly ordinary; unimportant; aimlessly; thoughtlessly	's; him/her/it; this	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (等閒之輩/等閑之輩)		等閒/等閑	之	輩
simp. (等闲之辈)		等闲	之	辈

Etymology

From Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): děngxiánzhībèi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² haan⁴ zi¹ bui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: děngxiánzhībèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: děngsiánjhihbèi
  - Wade–Giles: têng³-hsien²-chih¹-pei⁴
  - Yale: děng-syán-jr̄-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengshyanjybey
  - Palladius: дэнсяньчжибэй (dɛnsjanʹčžibɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang² haan⁴ zi¹ bui³
  - Yale: dáng hàahn jī bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang² haan⁴ dzi¹ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng² han⁴ ji¹ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ haːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ puːi̯³³/

Idiom

等閒之輩

ordinary folk; lightweight; nobody

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