尋釁滋事

See also: 寻衅滋事

Chinese

		to pick a quarrel; to pick a fight	to stir up trouble; to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
trad. (尋釁滋事)		尋釁	滋事
simp. (寻衅滋事)		寻衅	滋事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnxìn zīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ jan⁶ zi¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cim⁵ hiang³ ze¹ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnxìn zīshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄗ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsìn zihshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-hsin⁴ tzŭ¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: syún-syìn dz̄-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshinn tzyshyh
    • Palladius: сюньсинь цзыши (sjunʹsinʹ czyši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ ɕin⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ jan⁶ zi¹ si⁶
    • Yale: chàhm yahn jī sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ jan⁶ dzi¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ yen⁶ ji¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ jɐn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim⁵ hiang³ ze¹ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm hiàng tsṳ sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

Verb

尋釁滋事

1. (Mainland China, law) to pick quarrels and provoke trouble

   • 在尋釁滋事犯罪中，孫小果無事生非，藉故滋事，具有駕車追逐衝撞、持械隨意毆打他人等情節。 [MSC, trad.]
     在寻衅滋事犯罪中，孙小果无事生非，借故滋事，具有驾车追逐冲撞、持械随意殴打他人等情节。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019 December 20, Yunnan High People's Court, Criminal Judgment (2019) Yun-Xing-Zai No. 3

     Zài xúnxìn zīshì fànzuì zhōng, Sūn Xiǎoguǒ wúshìshēngfēi, jiègù zīshì, jùyǒu jiàchē zhuīzhú chōngzhuàng, chíxiè suíyì ōudǎ tārén děng qíngjié. [Pinyin]

     In his offence of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Sun Xiaoguo made trouble out of nothing and provoke disputes based on excuses. Acts like chasing and hitting others when driving vehicles, or arbitrarily beating others was also observed.

   • 2015 July 28, Adam Wu, “中國為什麼設立「尋釁滋事罪」”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     「尋釁滋事」在中國法律界已被稱為「口袋罪」——一種適用範圍極廣的刑事指控。 [MSC, trad.]
     「寻衅滋事」在中国法律界已被称为「口袋罪」——一种适用范围极广的刑事指控。 [MSC, simp.]

     “xúnxìnzīshì” zài Zhōngguó fǎlǜjiè yǐ bèi chēngwèi “kǒudàizuì” — yīzhǒng shìyòng fànwéi jí guǎng de xíngshì zhǐkòng. [Pinyin]

     “Picking quarrels and provoking trouble” has become what Chinese legal professionals call a pocket crime (koudai zui, 口袋罪) — a criminal charge that can be applied to a broad range of offenses.