坐臥不寧

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to lie; to crouch	not; no	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (坐臥不寧)		坐	臥	不	寧
simp. (坐卧不宁)		坐	卧	不	宁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòwòbùníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ ngo⁶ bat¹ ning⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòwòbùníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòwòbùníng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-wo⁴-pu⁴-ning²
    • Yale: dzwò-wò-bù-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohwohbuning
    • Palladius: цзовобунин (czovobunin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ ngo⁶ bat¹ ning⁴
    • Yale: joh ngoh bāt nìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ ngo⁶ bat⁷ ning⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ ngo⁶ bed¹ ning⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² ŋɔː²² pɐt̚⁵ nɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

坐臥不寧

1. to be unable to sit down or sleep at ease; to be restless

   • 那劣紳不知何日要戴高帽子，每日在家放心不下，坐臥不寧。 [MSC, trad.]
     那劣绅不知何日要戴高帽子，每日在家放心不下，坐卧不宁。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nà lièshēn bùzhī hérì yào dài gāomàozi, měirì zài jiā fàngxīn bù xià, zuòwòbùníng. [Pinyin]

     Not knowing when he would be crowned, the man was in daily suspense, unable to sit down or sleep at ease.