神魂顛倒

Chinese

		state of mind; mind; soul state of mind; mind; soul; spirit	to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy
trad. (神魂顛倒)		神魂	顛倒
simp. (神魂颠倒)		神魂	颠倒

Etymology

From Stories to Awaken the World:

小娘們多有愛他的，奉得神魂顛倒，連家裡也不思想。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]

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小娘们多有爱他的，奉得神魂颠倒，连家里也不思想。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

Xiǎo niángmen duō yǒu ài tā de, fèng dé shénhúndiāndǎo, lián jiā lǐ yě bù sīxiǎng. [Pinyin]

Young ladies fell in love with him, becoming so obsessed with him that they didn't think of their own families.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénhúndiāndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ wan⁴ din¹ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénhúndiāndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénhúndiandǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-hun²-tien¹-tao³
    • Yale: shén-hwún-dyān-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernhwendiandao
    • Palladius: шэньхуньдяньдао (šɛnʹxunʹdjanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ wan⁴ din¹ dou²
    • Yale: sàhn wàhn dīn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ wan⁴ din¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ wen⁴ din¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ wɐn²¹ tiːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Idiom

神魂顛倒

1. (sometimes derogatory) possessed; obsessed