振聾發聵

Chinese

		rouse	deaf	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	born deaf; deaf
trad. (振聾發聵)		振	聾	發	聵
simp. (振聋发聩)		振	聋	发	聩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènlóngfākuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ lung⁴ faat³ kui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènlóngfākuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènlóngfakuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-lung²-fa¹-kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: jèn-lúng-fā-kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennlongfakuey
    • Palladius: чжэньлунфакуй (čžɛnʹlunfakuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ fä⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ lung⁴ faat³ kui²
    • Yale: jan lùhng faat kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ lung⁴ faat⁸ kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ lung⁴ fad³ kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ lʊŋ²¹ faːt̚³ kʰuːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

振聾發聵

1. to rouse the deaf and awaken the unhearing; to awaken the deaf; to enlighten the benighted

Related terms

• 聾聵 / 聋聩 (lóngkuì)