恐怖谷

Chinese

		terrifying; dreadful; horrific terrifying; dreadful; horrific; frightening; terror; dread; horror	valley
trad. (恐怖谷)		恐怖	谷
simp. #(恐怖谷)		恐怖	谷

Etymology

Literally, “horrifying valley”. Calque of Japanese 不気味の谷 (bukimi no tani).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒngbùgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² bou³ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒngbùgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒngbùgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung³-pu⁴-ku³
    • Yale: kǔng-bù-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongbuhguu
    • Palladius: кунбугу (kunbugu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² bou³ guk¹
    • Yale: húng bou gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² bou³ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² bou³ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ pou̯³³ kʊk̚⁵/

Noun

恐怖谷

1. (robotics, psychology) uncanny valley