人情世故

Chinese

		human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature	ways of the world; livelihood
trad. (人情世故)		人情	世故
simp. #(人情世故)		人情	世故

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénqíngshìgù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ cing⁴ sai³ gu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-chêng-sè-kò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénqíngshìgù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncíngshìhgù
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chʻing²-shih⁴-ku⁴
    • Yale: rén-chíng-shr̀-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyngshyhguh
    • Palladius: жэньциншигу (žɛnʹcinšigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ cing⁴ sai³ gu³
    • Yale: yàhn chìhng sai gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsing⁴ sai³ gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qing⁴ sei³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ sɐi̯³³ kuː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-chêng-sè-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tsîng-sè-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linzengsea'kox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² se²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁴¹/

Idiom

人情世故

1. the ways of the world; traditional code of conduct; worldly wisdom

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 人情世故 (“worldly wisdom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		人情世故
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	人情世故
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	人情世故, 人情世務
Cantonese	Hong Kong	人情世故
Hakka	Yudu	人情世務
Jin	Xinzhou	人情世事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	人情世事
Southern Min	Xiamen	人情世事
	Tainan	人情世事
	Jieyang	儂情世事
Wu	Danyang	人情世故