孤魂野鬼

Chinese

		lonely soul; forsaken spirit; one who has nobody to turn to lonely soul; forsaken spirit; one who has nobody to turn to; helpless person
trad. (孤魂野鬼)		孤魂	野鬼
simp. #(孤魂野鬼)		孤魂	野鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūhúnyěguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ wan⁴ je⁵ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūhúnyěguǐ [Phonetic: gūhúnyéguǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guhúnyěguěi
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-hun²-yeh³-kuei³
    • Yale: gū-hwún-yě-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhwenyeegoei
    • Palladius: гухуньегуй (guxunʹjeguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ wan⁴ je⁵ gwai²
    • Yale: gū wàhn yéh gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ wan⁴ je⁵ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ wen⁴ yé⁵ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ jɛː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

孤魂野鬼

1. (religion) wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate
2. (figurative) one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on