靜觀其變

Chinese

		still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (靜觀其變)		靜	觀	其	變
simp. (静观其变)		静	观	其	变
Literally: “to observe changes calmly”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngguānqíbiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ gun¹ kei⁴ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngguānqíbiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngguancíbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-kuan¹-chʻi²-pien⁴
    • Yale: jìng-gwān-chí-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqguanchyibiann
    • Palladius: цзингуаньцибянь (czinguanʹcibjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ gun¹ kei⁴ bin³
    • Yale: jihng gūn kèih bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ gun¹ kei⁴ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ gun¹ kéi⁴ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² kuːn⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ piːn³³/

Idiom

靜觀其變

1. wait and see; see which way the cat jumps; to delay taking action based on the outcome of something else.