無所用心

Chinese

		not have	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	intention; motive; to be diligent intention; motive; to be diligent; to be attentive; to be careful
trad. (無所用心)		無	所	用心
simp. (无所用心)		无	所	用心

Etymology

See 飽食終日，無所用心／饱食终日，无所用心 (bǎoshízhōngrì, wúsuǒyòngxīn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúsuǒyòngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ so² jung⁶ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúsuǒyòngxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsuǒyòngsin
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-so³-yung⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: wú-swǒ-yùng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wusuooyonqshin
    • Palladius: усоюнсинь (usojunsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ so² jung⁶ sam¹
    • Yale: mòuh só yuhng sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ so² jung⁶ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ so² yung⁶ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

無所用心

1. to not give serious thought to anything; carefree; happy-go-lucky

Derived terms

• 飽食終日，無所用心 / 饱食终日，无所用心 (bǎoshízhōngrì, wúsuǒyòngxīn)