"為所欲為" meaning in Chinese

See 為所欲為 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /weɪ̯³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚² wɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚²⁴⁻² ui²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /ui¹³⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /ui²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 为所欲为 [Simplified-Chinese], 爲所欲爲 [Traditional-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 為所欲為
  1. (derogatory) to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-為所欲為-zh-verb-x8ffpZHu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "为所欲为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "爲所欲爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "為所欲為",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples"
      ],
      "id": "en-為所欲為-zh-verb-x8ffpZHu",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "constraint",
          "constraint"
        ],
        [
          "scruple",
          "scruple"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei²-so³-yü⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi-swǒ-yù-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weisuooyuhwei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjsojujvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйсоюйвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih só yuhk wàih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ so² yug⁶ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚² wɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uî-sóo-io̍k-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uisofiog'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚²⁴⁻² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui¹³⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "為所欲為"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "为所欲为",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "爲所欲爲",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "為所欲為",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese derogatory terms",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 所",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 欲",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 為",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ],
        [
          "constraint",
          "constraint"
        ],
        [
          "scruple",
          "scruple"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) to do as one pleases, without constraints or scruples"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéisuǒyùwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei²-so³-yü⁴-wei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wéi-swǒ-yù-wéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "weisuooyuhwei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vɛjsojujvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вэйсоюйвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁶ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wàih só yuhk wàih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wai⁴ so² juk⁹ wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wei⁴ so² yug⁶ wei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚² wɐi̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ûi-só͘-io̍k-ûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uî-sóo-io̍k-uî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "uisofiog'uii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚²⁴⁻² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui¹³⁻²² sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ui²³⁻³³ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚⁴⁻³² ui²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "為所欲為"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 為所欲為 meaning in Chinese (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.