熙熙攘攘

熙熙攘攘

Chinese

		happy and harmonious; amiable; friendly
simp. and trad. (熙熙攘攘)		熙熙	攘攘
alternative forms		熙熙壤壤

Etymology

From the Records of the Grand Historian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxīrǎngrǎng, xīxīrángráng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄖㄤˇ ㄖㄤˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄖㄤˊ ㄖㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ hei¹ joeng⁵ joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxīrǎngrǎng [Phonetic: xīxīrángrǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄖㄤˇ ㄖㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisirǎngrǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹-jang³-jang³
    • Yale: syī-syī-rǎng-rǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiraangraang
    • Palladius: сисижанжан (sisižanžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxīrángráng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄖㄤˊ ㄖㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisirángráng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹-jang²-jang²
    • Yale: syī-syī-ráng-ráng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishirangrang
    • Palladius: сисижанжан (sisižanžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ³⁵ ʐɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ hei¹ joeng⁵ joeng⁵
    • Yale: hēi hēi yéuhng yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hei¹ joeng⁵ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ héi¹ yêng⁵ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³ jœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

熙熙攘攘

1. (ideophonic) bustling with activity; hustling and bustling