怡情

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

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• 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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      edit edit 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

1. (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

• 小作怡情 (xiǎozuōyíqíng)
• 小賭怡情／小赌怡情
• 怡情悅性／怡情悦性
• 怡情理性
• 怡情養性／怡情养性