胡作非為

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (胡作非為/胡作非爲)		胡	作	非	為/爲
simp. (胡作非为)		胡	作	非	为

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húzuòfēiwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húzuòfēiwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húzuòfeiwéi
  - Wade–Giles: hu²-tso⁴-fei¹-wei²
  - Yale: hú-dzwò-fēi-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutzuohfeiwei
  - Palladius: хуцзофэйвэй (xuczofɛjvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴
  - Yale: wùh jok fēi wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dzok⁸ fei¹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ zog³ féi¹ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

胡作非為

to disregard rules and do evil as one pleases; to act wildly in defiance or public opinion or the law

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 瘄污污

Related terms

橫行／横行 (héngxíng)

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