惡耗

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	to waste; to spend; to consume to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; mouse; new
trad. (惡耗)		惡	耗
simp. (恶耗)		恶	耗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ hou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èhào
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: è-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehhaw
    • Palladius: эхао (exao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ hou³
    • Yale: ok hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ hou̯³³/

Noun

惡耗

1. bad news (especially of the death of a family member or friend)

   • 太逼真的惡耗纏著 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     太逼真的恶耗缠着 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], Oscar (lyrics), 特倫斯夢遊仙境 [Wonderland]

     taai³ bik¹ zan¹ dik¹ ok³ hou³ cin⁴ zoek³ [Jyutping]

     Overly realistic bad news is pestering me

Synonyms

• 噩耗 (èhào)