白費心思

Chinese

		to waste	thoughts; ideas; thinking
trad. (白費心思)		白費	心思
simp. (白费心思)		白费	心思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifèixīnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fai³ sam¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifèixīnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifèisinsih
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fei⁴-hsin¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: bái-fèi-syīn-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfeyshinsy
    • Palladius: байфэйсиньсы (bajfɛjsinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fai³ sam¹ si¹
    • Yale: baahk fai sām sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fai³ sam¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fei³ sem¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

白費心思

1. to bother one's head for nothing

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 勞空神／劳空神, 勞豆殼子神／劳豆壳子神