節外生枝

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (節外生枝)		節	外	生	枝
simp. (节外生枝)		节	外	生	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéwàishēngzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-gōe-seng-ki / chiat-gōa-seng-chi / chiat-gōa-seng-ki

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ ghua⁷ sên¹ gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéwàishēngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéwàishengjhih
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-wai⁴-shêng¹-chih¹
    • Yale: jyé-wài-shēng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyewayshengjy
    • Palladius: цзевайшэнчжи (czevajšɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹
    • Yale: jit ngoih sāng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ ngoi⁶ sang¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ ngoi⁶ seng¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ ŋɔːi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-gōe-seng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-guē-sing-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatgoexsengky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-gōa-seng-chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-guā-sing-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatgoaxsengcy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-gōa-seng-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-guā-sing-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatgoaxsengky
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɡua³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zag⁴ ghua⁷ sên¹ gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak guā seⁿ ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ ɡua¹¹ sẽ³³⁻²³ ki³³/

Idiom

節外生枝

1. new issues or troubles crop up from an already-existing problem