橫生枝節

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	branch; (a measure word)	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (橫生枝節)		橫	生	枝	節
simp. (横生枝节)		横	生	枝	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héngshēng zhījié

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ sang¹ zi¹ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngshēng zhījié
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngsheng jhihjié
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-shêng¹ chih¹-chieh²
    • Yale: héng-shēng jr̄-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngsheng jyjye
    • Palladius: хэншэн чжицзе (xɛnšɛn čžicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ sang¹ zi¹ zit³
    • Yale: wàahng sāng jī jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ sang¹ dzi¹ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ seng¹ ji¹ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³/

Idiom

橫生枝節

1. to raise unexpected difficulties; to deliberately complicate an issue

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 吐一支