為所欲為

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (為所欲為)		為	所	欲	為
simp. (为所欲为)		为	所	欲	为

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéisuǒyùwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéisuǒyùwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weisuuoyiwwei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴
  - Yale: wàih só yuhk wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ so² juk⁹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ so² yug⁶ wei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚² wɐi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: uî-sóo-io̍k-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uisofiog'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²³/

Verb

為所欲為

(pejorative) to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples

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