怡情

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Chinese

		harmony; pleased	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (怡情)		怡	情
simp. ^#(怡情)		怡	情

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ cing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yíqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yícíng
  - Wade–Giles: i²-chʻing²
  - Yale: yí-chíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yichyng
  - Palladius: ицин (icin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    移情
    怡情
    夷情
    疑情
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ cing⁴
  - Yale: yìh chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ qing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Verb

怡情

(literary) to lighten one's heart; to cultivate the mind
小作怡情，大作傷身。 [MSC, trad.]
小作怡情，大作伤身。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiǎozuō yíqíng, dàzuō shāngshēn. [Pinyin]
(saying) A small degree of pretentiousness lightens the heart, but a great degree of it harms the body.

Derived terms

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