汲汲營營

Chinese

		eager; intent; hurried eager; intent; hurried; anxious; uneasy; worried	to go to and fro
trad. (汲汲營營)		汲汲	營營
simp. (汲汲营营)		汲汲	营营

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíjíyíngyíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjíyíngyíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjíyíngyíng
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²-ying²-ying²
    • Yale: jí-jí-yíng-yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyiyngyng
    • Palladius: цзицзиинъин (czicziinʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴
    • Yale: kāp kāp yìhng yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ kap⁷ jing⁴ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ keb¹ ying⁴ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ jɪŋ²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

汲汲營營

1. to be continuously busy pursuing fame and fortune
2. (Taiwan, Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of 雞雞硬硬 / 鸡鸡硬硬 (jījī yìng yìng, “having a boner”)

References

• “汲汲營營”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.