狗拿耗子，多管閒事

Chinese

		dog	to hold; to seize; to catch to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take	mouse; rat		to bother to interfere others' business; to have an oar in everyman's boat; to meddle in other people's business
trad. (狗拿耗子，多管閒事)		狗	拿	耗子	，	多管閒事
simp. (狗拿耗子，多管闲事)		狗	拿	耗子	，	多管闲事
Literally: “dog catching mice, poking one's nose in other people's business”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒu ná hàozi, duō guǎn xiánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄋㄚˊ ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ , ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² naa⁴ hou³ zi², do¹ gun² haan⁴ si⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu ná hàozi, duō guǎn xiánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄋㄚˊ ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ , ㄉㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu ná hàozi̊h, duo guǎn siánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kou³ na² hao⁴-tzŭ⁵, to¹ kuan³ hsien²-shih⁴
    • Yale: gǒu ná hàu-dz-, dwō gwǎn syán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou na haw.tzy, duo goan shyanshyh
    • Palladius: гоу на хаоцзы, до гуань сяньши (gou na xaoczy, do guanʹ sjanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² naa⁴ hou³ zi², do¹ gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: gáu nàh hou jí, dō gún hàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² naa⁴ hou³ dzi², do¹ gun² haan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² na⁴ hou³ ji², do¹ gun² han⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ naː²¹ hou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ haːn²¹ siː²²/

Idiom

狗拿耗子，多管閒事

1. to poke one's nose into other people's business