汲汲營營

Chinese

		eager; intent; hurried eager; intent; hurried; anxious; uneasy; worried	to go to and fro
trad. (汲汲營營)		汲汲	營營
simp. (汲汲营营)		汲汲	营营

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíjíyíngyíng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíjíyíngyíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíjíyíngyíng
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²-ying²-ying²
  - Yale: jí-jí-yíng-yíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyiyngyng
  - Palladius: цзицзиинъин (czicziinʺin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kap¹ kap¹ jing⁴ jing⁴
  - Yale: kāp kāp yìhng yìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ kap⁷ jing⁴ jing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ keb¹ ying⁴ ying⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ jɪŋ²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

汲汲營營

to be continuously busy pursuing fame and fortune
(Taiwan, Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of 雞雞硬硬／鸡鸡硬硬 (jījī yìng yìng, “having a boner”)

References

“Entry #87877”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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