頤指氣使

Chinese

		chin; cheek	to command; to order	temperament; attitude	to command; to order
trad. (頤指氣使)		頤	指	氣	使
simp. (颐指气使)		颐	指	气	使
Literally: “to command others with facial expressions”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yízhǐqìshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄓˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ zi² hei³ si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yízhǐqìshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄓˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíjhǐhcìshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i²-chih³-chʻi⁴-shih³
    • Yale: yí-jř-chì-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yijyychihshyy
    • Palladius: ичжициши (ičžiciši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ zi² hei³ si²
    • Yale: yìh jí hei sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ dzi² hei³ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ ji² héi³ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵ hei̯³³ siː³⁵/

Idiom

頤指氣使

1. to be arrogant; to be contemptuous

   • 今遜等有地千里，有祿萬鍾，頤指氣使，無不隨順。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今逊等有地千里，有禄万钟，颐指气使，无不随顺。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 唐．元稹《追封李遜等母制》

     Jīn xùn děng yǒu dì qiānlǐ, yǒu lù wànzhōng, yízhǐqìshǐ, wúbù suíshùn. [Pinyin]

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   • 公卿頤指氣使，果然鼠憑社貴，真個狐藉虎威，好氣勢也呵！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     公卿颐指气使，果然鼠凭社贵，真个狐借虎威，好气势也呵！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 明．朱鼎《玉鏡臺記》第二八齣

     Gōngqīng yízhǐqìshǐ, guǒrán shǔpíngshèguì, zhēn ge hújièhǔwēi, hǎo qìshì yě hē! [Pinyin]

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   也沒有可以對中國人民頤指氣使的教師爺 [MSC, trad.]
   也没有可以对中国人民颐指气使的教师爷 [MSC, simp.]

   yě méiyǒu kěyǐ duì zhōngguó rénmín yízhǐqìshǐ de jiàoshī yé [Pinyin]

   There is also no such a tutor who can speak disdainfully toward Chinese people