尋釁
Chinese
| to search; to look for; to seek | offer blood in sacrifice | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (尋釁) | 尋 | 釁 | |
| simp. (寻衅) | 寻 | 衅 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xúnxìn
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsìn
- Wade–Giles: hsün2-hsin4
- Yale: syún-syìn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshinn
- Palladius: сюньсинь (sjunʹsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyn³⁵ ɕin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cam4 jan6
- Yale: chàhm yahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4 jan6
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4 yen6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ jɐn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cim5 hiang3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshîm hiàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hiaŋ²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Verb
尋釁
- to pick a quarrel; to pick a fight
- 眾多百姓到了此時，一不做，二不休，見街上無可尋釁，又一齊哄到府衙門來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 《文明小史》第九回
- Zhòngduō bǎixìng dàole cǐshí, yībùzuò, èrbùxiū, jiàn jiēshàng wúkě xúnxìn, yòu yīqí hǒng dào fǔ yámén lái. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
众多百姓到了此时，一不做，二不休，见街上无可寻衅，又一齐哄到府衙门来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 尋隙／寻隙
Derived terms
References
- “尋釁”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.