置身事外

Chinese

		to install; to place; to put	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (置身事外)		置	身	事	外
simp. #(置身事外)		置	身	事	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshēnshìwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ ㄕˋ ㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshēnshìwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄣ ㄕˋ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshenshìhwài
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shên¹-shih⁴-wai⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-shēn-shr̀-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshenshyhway
    • Palladius: чжишэньшивай (čžišɛnʹšivaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Yale: ji sān sih ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ san¹ si⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ sen¹ xi⁶ ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ sɐn⁵⁵ siː²² ŋɔːi̯²²/

Idiom

置身事外

1. to stand back; to not care and be indifferent about a matter

Synonyms

• 超然物外 (chāoránwùwài)
• (Hokkien) 激外外