冇陰功

Chinese

		not have (dialectal)	good deed done in secret; hidden merit; cruel good deed done in secret; hidden merit; cruel; evil
trad. (冇陰功)		冇	陰功
simp. (冇阴功)		冇	阴功
alternative forms		冇陰公／冇阴公 無陰功／无阴功 無陰公／无阴公

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ jam¹ gung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ jam¹ gung¹
    • Yale: móuh yām gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ jam¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yem¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jɐm⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

冇陰功

1. (Cantonese) cruel; evil
2. (Cantonese) pitiful

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可憐 (“pitiful; pitiable; poor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可憐, 可憐見
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可憐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	可憐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	孽障
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	造孽
	Guiyang	造孽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	陰功, 冇陰功, 可憐
	Dongguan	陰功
Gan	Nanchang	可憐
	Pingxiang	可憐
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	可憐, 衰過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	可憐, 衰過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苦憐
Huizhou	Jixi	造孽, 罪過
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世, 悲
Southern Min	Xiamen	可憐代
	Quanzhou	可憐代
	Jinjiang	可憐代
	Zhangzhou	可憐代
	Tainan	可憐代 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	可憐代
	Manila (Hokkien)	可憐代
Wu	Shanghai	罪過
	Hangzhou	罪過
	Ningbo	罪過
	Jinhua	罪過
Xiang	Changsha	造孽
	Loudi	造孽