躍躍欲試

Chinese

		to jump; to leap	to jump; to leap	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (躍躍欲試)		躍	躍	欲	試
simp. (跃跃欲试)		跃	跃	欲	试

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèyuèyùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ joek⁶ juk⁶ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyuèyùshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyuèyùshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yüeh⁴-yü⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: ywè-ywè-yù-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyuehyuhshyh
    • Palladius: юэюэюйши (juejuejujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ joek⁶ juk⁶ si³
    • Yale: yeuhk yeuhk yuhk si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ joek⁹ juk⁹ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yêg⁶ yug⁶ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jœːk̚² jʊk̚² siː³³/

Idiom

躍躍欲試

1. to itch for a try

   • 這樣一來，一些喪盡天良的資本家，就見利忘義，躍躍欲試。 [MSC, trad.]
     这样一来，一些丧尽天良的资本家，就见利忘义，跃跃欲试。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhèyàngyīlái, yīxiē sàngjìntiānliáng de zīběnjiā, jiù jiànlìwàngyì, yuèyuèyùshì. [Pinyin]

     At the prospect of profits, some conscienceless capitalists forget all moral principles and itch to have a go.