袖手旁觀
See also: 袖手旁观
Chinese
| to put one's hands into the sleeves; to take a do-nothing attitude; to look on | to be an onlooker; to look on; to stand by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (袖手旁觀) | 袖手 | 旁觀 | |
| simp. (袖手旁观) | 袖手 | 旁观 | |
Etymology
From a funeral oration by Han Yu dedicated to his deceased friend Liu Zongyuan:
- 不善爲斵，血指汗顔。巧匠旁觀，縮手袖閒。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: June 820, 韓愈,《祭柳子厚文》, translated into English as In Memoriam (Liu Tsung-yüan) by Herbert A. Giles, 1922.
- Bùshàn wéi zhuó, xuèzhǐ hànyán. Qiǎojiàng pángguān, suōshǒu xiùjiān. [Pinyin]
- The unskilful bungler hacks his hands and streams with sweat, while the expert craftsman looks on with folded arms.
不善为斫，血指汗颜。巧匠旁观，缩手袖间。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xiùshǒupángguān
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zau6 sau2 pong4 gun1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiùshǒupángguān
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siòushǒupángguan
- Wade–Giles: hsiu4-shou3-pʻang2-kuan1
- Yale: syòu-shǒu-páng-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowshoouparngguan
- Palladius: сюшоупангуань (sjušoupanguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: zau6 sau2 pong4 gun1
- Yale: jauh sáu pòhng gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzau6 sau2 pong4 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: zeo6 seo2 pong4 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐu̯²² sɐu̯³⁵ pʰɔːŋ²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chhiú-pông-koan
- Tâi-lô: siū-tshiú-pông-kuan
- Phofsit Daibuun: siuxchiw'pongkoafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kuan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ¹³⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /siu³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔŋ²³⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siu3 ciu2 pang5 guang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù tshiú phâng kuang
- Sinological IPA (key): /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
袖手旁觀