賦閒

賦閒

Chinese

		poetic essay; taxation; bestow on poetic essay; taxation; bestow on; endow with	idle; interstice; separate
trad. (賦閒)		賦	閒
simp. (赋闲)		赋	闲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ haan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùsián
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: fù-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhshyan
    • Palladius: фусянь (fusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ɕjɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³ haan⁴
    • Yale: fu hàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ haan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³ han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ haːn²¹/

Verb

賦閒

1. to stay idle at home; to have resigned from office; to be unemployed; to have been fired; to be on a sabbatical

   • 這些日子，家中光景很是慘澹，一半為了喪事，一半為了父親賦閒。 [MSC, trad.]
     这些日子，家中光景很是惨澹，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 背影 (Retreating Figure)

     Zhèxiē rìzi, jiā zhōng guāngjǐng hěn shì cǎndàn, yībàn wèile sāngshì, yībàn wèile fùqīn fùxián. [Pinyin]

     These days our family is in reduced circumstances, due partly to the funeral expenses and partly to father's unemployment.