玩世不恭

玩世不恭

Chinese

		to despise worldly affairs; to be unruly	disrespectful; irreverent; discourteous
simp. and trad. (玩世不恭)		玩世	不恭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánshìbùgōng, wànshìbùgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ, ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ sai³ bat¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: wánshìbùgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanshyhbugong
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: wànshìbùgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyhbugong
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ sai³ bat¹ gung¹
    • Yale: wuhn sai bāt gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ sai³ bat⁷ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ sei³ bed¹ gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² sɐi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

玩世不恭

1. to despise worldly conventions; to be cynical; frivolous