躍躍欲試

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Chinese

		to jump; to leap	to jump; to leap	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (躍躍欲試)		躍	躍	欲	試
simp. (跃跃欲试)		跃	跃	欲	试

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèyuèyùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ joek⁶ juk⁶ si³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuèyuèyùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄩˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèyuèyùshìh
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-yüeh⁴-yü⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: ywè-ywè-yù-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehyuehyuhshyh
  - Palladius: юэюэюйши (juejuejujši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ joek⁶ juk⁶ si³
  - Yale: yeuhk yeuhk yuhk si
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ joek⁹ juk⁹ si³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yêg⁶ yug⁶ xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jœːk̚² jʊk̚² siː³³/

Idiom

躍躍欲試

to itch for a try
- 這樣一來，一些喪盡天良的資本家，就見利忘義，躍躍欲試。 [MSC, trad.]
  这样一来，一些丧尽天良的资本家，就见利忘义，跃跃欲试。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zhèyàngyīlái, yīxiē sàngjìntiānliáng de zīběnjiā, jiù jiànlìwàngyì, yuèyuèyùshì.
  At the prospect of profits, some conscienceless capitalists forget all moral principles and itch to have a go.

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