財迷心竅

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	capacity for clear thinking
trad. (財迷心竅)		財	迷	心竅
simp. (财迷心窍)		财	迷	心窍
Literally: “fortune has bewitched the mind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáimíxīnqiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáimíxīnqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáimísinciào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-mi²-hsin¹-chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: tsái-mí-syīn-chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairmishinchiaw
    • Palladius: цаймисиньцяо (cajmisinʹcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
    • Yale: chòih màih sām hiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ mai⁴ sam¹ hiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ mei⁴ sem¹ hiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ mɐi̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/

Idiom

財迷心竅

1. mad about money; greedy to such an extent that one's rationality is obstructed