息事寧人

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): ㄒㄧ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ si⁶ ning⁴ jan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sek-sū-lêng-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīshìníngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕˋ 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

1. to end a dispute or conflict and calm the people down