財迷心竅

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	capacity for clear thinking
trad. (財迷心竅)		財	迷	心竅
simp. (财迷心窍)		财	迷	心窍
Literally: “fortune has bewitched the mind”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáimíxīnqiào

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáimíxīnqiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáimísinciào
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴
  - Yale: tsái-mí-syīn-chyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairmishinchiaw
  - Palladius: цаймисиньцяо (cajmisinʹcjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - Yale: chòih màih sām hiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ mei⁴ sem¹ hiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ mɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/

Idiom

財迷心竅

mad about money; greedy to such an extent that one's rationality is obstructed

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