適得其所

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)
trad. (適得其所)		適	得	其	所
simp. (适得其所)		适	得	其	所

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdéqísuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ dak¹ kei⁴ so²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdéqísuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdécísuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tê²-chʻi²-so³
    • Yale: shr̀-dé-chí-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhderchyisuoo
    • Palladius: шидэцисо (šidɛciso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ dak¹ kei⁴ so²
    • Yale: sīk dāk kèih só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dak⁷ kei⁴ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ deg¹ kéi⁴ so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɔː³⁵/

Idiom

適得其所

1. to be exactly what one wished to be