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Definition 2024

消遣

消遣

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	dispatch
simp. and trad. (消遣)		消	遣

Verb

消遣

to kill time; to amuse oneself
to make fun of; to play tricks on; to tease
(archaic) to take a rest

Noun

消遣

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāoqiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄑㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hin²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-khién / sêu-khián
Min Nan (POJ): siau-khián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāoqiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄑㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauchean
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ hin²
  - Yale: sīu hín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hin²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-khién
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´ kien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ kian³
  - IPA: /se̯u²⁴ kʰi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-khián
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu´ kian`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ kian³
  - IPA: /se̯u²⁴ kʰi̯an³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-khián
  - Tâi-lô: siau-khián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siau'qiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛn⁴¹/