多管閒事

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See also: 多管闲事

Chinese

many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
to take care (of); to control; to manage
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
 
 other people's business; unimportant matter; trivial matter
trad. (多管閒事/多管閑事) 多 管 閒事/閑事
simp. (多管闲事) 多 管 闲事

Pronunciation

Idiom

多管閒事

  1. to bother to interfere others' business; to have an oar in everyman's boat; to meddle in other people's business

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多管閒事 (“to meddle in other people's business; to be a busybody”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 多管閒事, 多事
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 多管閒事, 多事, 雞婆
Singapore 多管閒事
Cantonese Hong Kong 多管閒事, 多事
Southern Min Taipei 家婆 GT, 多事 GT, 牚頭 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 家婆
Singapore (Hokkien) 家婆
Manila (Hokkien) 家婆
Singapore (Teochew) 家婆
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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