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 ㄕㄥㄓㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ sang¹ zi¹ zit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héngshēng zhījié
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥㄓㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - 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

to raise unexpected difficulties; to deliberately complicate an issue

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 吐一支

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