居心叵測

居心叵測

Chinese

		to harbour intentions	to be unpredictable; to be unfathomable
trad. (居心叵測)		居心	叵測
simp. (居心叵测)		居心	叵测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūxīnpǒcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ sam¹ po² cak¹, geoi¹ sam¹ po² caak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jūxīnpǒcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄛˇ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiushinpootseh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyusinpǒcè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pʰwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ sam¹ po² cak¹, geoi¹ sam¹ po² caak¹
    • Yale: gēui sām pó chāk, gēui sām pó chāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ sam¹ po² tsak⁷, goey¹ sam¹ po² tsaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ sem¹ po² ceg¹, gêu¹ sem¹ po² cag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰäːk̚⁵/

Idiom

居心叵測

1. to harbor sinister intentions difficult to guess