折騰

See also: 折腾

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	to soar; to gallop; to rise to soar; to gallop; to rise; to prance; to hover; to move out
trad. (折騰)		折	騰
simp. (折腾)		折	腾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēteng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ tang⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chiat-thêng / chiat-thn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēteng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: je.teng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ tang⁴
  - Yale: jit tàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ tang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ teng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thêng
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-thîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatteeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-thn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatt'ngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

折騰

(colloquial) to toss about; to be restless
(colloquial) to do something over and over again
(colloquial) to torment; to cause mental suffering
(colloquial) to do pointless things
(colloquial) to waste; to squander

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