胡作非為

胡作非為

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (胡作非為)		胡	作	非	為
simp. (胡作非为)		胡	作	非	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húzuòfēiwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: húzuòfēiwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutzuohfeiwei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húzuòfeiwéi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡swɔ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ zok³ fei¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: wùh jok fēi wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ dzok⁸ fei¹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ zog³ féi¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ t͡sɔːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

胡作非為

1. to disregard rules and do evil as one pleases