# 折騰
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēteng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zit$^3$ tang$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-thêng / chiat-thn̂g
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēteng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ˙ㄊㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhete̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^1$-tʻêng$^5$
*** Yale: jē-teng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: je.teng
*** Palladius: чжэтэн (čžɛtɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰɤŋ²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zit$^3$ tang$^4$
*** Yale: jit tàhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzit$^8$ tang$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jid$^3$ teng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːt̚³ tʰɐŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thêng
*** Tâi-lô: tsiat-thîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciatteeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tʰiɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-thn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: tsiat-thn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciatt'ngg
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰŋ̍²⁴/

### Verb

折騰 (colloquial)
* to toss about; to be restless
* to do (something) over and over again
* to torment; to cause mental suffering
* to disturb; to cause trouble
    From: 2009, Xi Jinping's speech in Mexico (Translation extracted from Reuters)
    Yǒuxiē chībǎo le méi shì gàn de wàiguórén, duì wǒmen de shìqíng zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo. Zhōngguó yī bù shūchū gémìng, èr bù shūchū jī'è hé pínkùn, sān bù qù zhéténg nǐmen, háiyǒu shénme hǎo shuō de? [Pinyin]
    Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
* to waste; to squander
    From: 1995, 周建设, 张伟超, 周中朝, 张亚斌, 李湘黔, and 陈先华, 《商务通书》, page 734
    Rúguǒ nǐ shì xiǎo yǒu zīchǎn, ruò bù zhùyì jiéyuē, qīng zé yínglì bèi yòngdiào, wúfǎ kuòdà jīngyíng, zhòng zé, shù nián xiàlái, lián lǎoběn dōu huì zhēteng guāng. [Pinyin]
    If you have a small fortune, if you are not cautious and frugal, your profit may be used up and you will not be able to expand your business, but in the worse case, after many years, even your assets will be completely squandered.
    From: 1998, 方力平, 中国经济写实：买方市场的乐与愁, in 《当代中国研究》 [Modern China Studies], issue 1
    Zhème zhēteng yínháng de qián, lǎobǎixìng jiù shì cún zài duō de chǔxù, yě děi bèi dǎoteng ge dǐr guāng. [Pinyin]
    In squandering the bank's money like this, as much as the common people save up, it would all have to be used up to the bottom.
    From: 2006, 李约热, 巡逻记, in 《广西文学》 [Guangxi Literature], issues 5–6, page 41
    Wǒ rěnzhe téngtòng jiū zhù tā de yīfu bù fàng, wǒ xiǎng děng tā zhēteng wán shēnshang de lìqi hòu tā huì guāiguāi gēn wǒ qù pàichūsuǒ. [Pinyin]
    Enduring the pain, I grasped on to his shirt without letting go. I thought that after he wastes all his energy, he will comply and go to the police station with me.

#### Synonyms

* (to torment):
* 折磨 (zhémó)
* 揉搓 (róucuō) (dialectal)
* 揉磨 (róumó) (dialectal)
* 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
* 煎熬 (jiān'áo) (figurative)
* 熬煎 (áojiān)
* (to waste):
* 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
* 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
* 抖落 (dǒuluò)
* 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
* 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
* 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
* 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
* 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
* 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
* 白了 (Hokkien)
* 白白了 (Hokkien)
* 白費／白费 (báifèi)
* 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
* 糟蹋 (zāotà)
* 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
* 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
* 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
* 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)