細思極恐

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	to think; to consider	utmost; pole; extreme utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit	afraid; frightened; to fear
trad. (細思極恐)		細	思	極	恐
simp. (细思极恐)		细	思	极	恐
anagram		細思恐極／细思恐极
Literally: “carefully-think-extremely-afraid”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìsījíkǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄙ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìsījíkǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄙ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsihjíkǒng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ssŭ¹-chi²-kʻung³
    • Yale: syì-sz̄-jí-kǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihsyjyikoong
    • Palladius: сисыцзикун (sisyczikun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phrase

細思極恐

1. (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang) Alternative form of 細思恐極 / 细思恐极 (xìsīkǒngjí, “The more one thinks about it, the more petrified one becomes.”)