造孽

Chinese

	to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	consequence of sin
trad. (造孽)	造	孽
simp. ^#(造孽)	造	孽
alternative forms	皂孽 Sichuan sense 遭孽 Sichuan sense 照孽 Sichuan sense

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zàoniè

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zao⁴ nyie²
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jip⁶ / zou⁶ jit⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-gia̍t / chǒ-gia̍t
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): cau⁴ nyie⁶ / zau⁵ nyie⁶

(Loudi, Wiktionary): zzeu⁵ ni⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàoniè
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàoniè
  - Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-nieh⁴
  - Yale: dzàu-nyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawnieh
  - Palladius: цзаоне (czaone)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zao⁴ nyie²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zaonie
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau²¹³ nʲiɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ jip⁶ / zou⁶ jit⁶
  - Yale: jouh yihp / jouh yiht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jip⁹ / dzou⁶ jit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yib⁶ / zou⁶ yid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jiːp̚²/, /t͡sou̯²² jiːt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-gia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsō-gia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoixgiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ ɡiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ ɡiɛt̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-gia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsǒ-gia̍t
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² ɡiɛt̚²⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: cau⁴ nyie⁶ / zau⁵ nyie⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɒu̯⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴/, /t͡sɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ n̠ʲi̯e̞²⁴/

Note: zau5 nyie6 - “pitiful, pitiable”.

- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: zzeu⁵ ni⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɤ¹¹ ni³⁵/

Verb

造孽

(Buddhism) to sin; to do evil
(Ningbonese) to quarrel; to argue

Synonyms

(to sin): 作孽 (zuòniè)
(to quarrel):

Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子
	Taiwan	吵架
	Langfang	吵架
	Harbin	吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰
	Malaysia	吵架
	Singapore	吵架
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑
	Tangshan	吵吵
	Cangzhou	打架
	Baoding	吵架
	Shijiazhuang	吵架
	Jinan	吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打嘴仗, 打仗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	打仗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嚷架兒
	Daming	吵架
	Wanrong	吵架
	Xi'an	吵嘴, 吵架, 吵
	Xining	吵架, 吵嘴
	Xuzhou	磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吵嘴
	Lanzhou	吵仗, 嚷仗
	Ürümqi	嚷仗, 吵架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗
	Chongqing	吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧
	Wuhan	吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵
	Guiyang	吵架, 鬧起來
	Kunming	嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴
	Guilin	吵架
	Liuzhou	吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吵窩子
	Yangzhou	𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死
	Nantong	罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴
	Hefei	吵嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵
	Hong Kong	嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	嗌交
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	吵鬧
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鬧交
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嘈交
	Macau	爭交
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嗌交
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鬧交
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嗌交
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嘈, 怒交
	Foshan	嗌交
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嗌交
	Foshan (Shunde)	爭交
	Foshan (Sanshui)	吵插
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	爭吵, 嗌交
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	爭交
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	爭交
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鬧交
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鬧交
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鬧交
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鬧交
	Taishan	鬧交
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鬧交
	Enping (Niujiang)	鬧交
	Heshan (Yayao)	嘈
	Dongguan	鬧交, 嘈交
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鬧交
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	嘈交
	Yangjiang	打交
	Nanning	爭交, 嗌交
	Wuzhou	爭交, 嗌交
	Yulin	爭交
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	爭交
	Danzhou	鬧會
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘈交, 嗌交
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嗌交
Gan	Nanchang	罵相罵, 埂仗
	Lichuan	相罵, 埂, 吵
	Pingxiang	鬥鬧
Hakka	Meixian	相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏
	Xingning	嘈交哩, 嘈交
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	詏
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	詏
	Huidong (Daling)	嘈交
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嘈交
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	爭嘴
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鬧交
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	嘈交, 罵交
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	罵交
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	嘈嘴哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	嘈交哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	嘈相罵
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嘈交
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	嘈嘴
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	嘈交仔
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	爭
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	嘈口, 嘈交
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	嘈交
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	講口
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	講口
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	嘈嘴
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	講口
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嘈交, 相聲
	Liannan	嘈交
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	罵交
	Jiexi	相詏
	Changting	講口, 鬥舌
	Wuping	嘈交子, 相罵
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴
	Liancheng	講口, 鬥舌
	Ninghua	講口
	Yudu	講口
	Ruijin	講口
	Shicheng	講口
	Shangyou (Shexi)	講口
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Hong Kong	嘈交
	Luchuan	爭交
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	吵嘴
	Sabah (Longchuan)	嘈交
	Senai (Huiyang)	嘈交
	Kuching (Hepo)	相罵
	Singkawang	相嘈
Huizhou	Jixi	吵, 吵死
Huizhou	Shexian	吵死
Jin	Taiyuan	吵, 嚷, 吵架
	Xinzhou	嚷架, 嚷
	Zhangjiakou	嚷架
	Handan	吵架
Northern Min	Jian'ou	相罵
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	罵架
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	相罵
	Pucheng (Shibei)	相爭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冤家, 相罵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	相爭
	Fuqing	冤家, 相罵
	Yongtai	相罵
	Gutian	相爭
	Ningde	相喊
	Shouning	咬齧
	Zhouning	咬齧
	Fuding	猴咬
Southern Min	Xiamen	相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	冤家
	Quanzhou	冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
	Jinjiang	冤家, 冤
	Zhangzhou	冤家, 冤
	Zhao'an	相罵, 冤家, 交拚
	Taipei	相罵, 冤家
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相罵, 冤家
	Kaohsiung	相罵, 冤家
	Yilan	相罵, 冤家
	Changhua (Lukang)	相罵, 冤家, 相嚷
	Taichung	相罵, 冤家
	Taichung (Wuqi)	冤家
	Tainan	相罵, 冤家
	Taitung	冤家
	Hsinchu	相嚷, 相罵
	Kinmen	相罵
	Penghu (Magong)	相罵
	Penang (Hokkien)	相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍
	Manila (Hokkien)	冤家, 相諍, 冤
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	相罵
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	爭交
	Chaozhou	相罵, 冤家
	Shantou	相罵, 相詏, 冤家
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相罵, 相詏, 冤家
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	相詏
	Jieyang	相罵, 冤家
	Puning	相詏, 鬥詏, 鬥相詏, 冤家, 相爭
	Haifeng	相罵, 冤家
	Bangkok (Teochew)	相罵, 相詏
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	相罵
	Singapore (Teochew)	相罵, 冤家
	Leizhou	相爭
	Wenchang	相罵, 相爭
	Haikou	相爭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	相罵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	罵交
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	罵交
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爭交, 爭架, 鬥口
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鬧交子
Wu	Shanghai	吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吵相罵, 淘氣
	Suzhou	吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵
	Wuxi	吵相罵, 相罵
	Danyang	吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍
	Hangzhou	鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒
	Shaoxing	討相罵, 悖逆
	Ningbo	造孽, 造
	Wenzhou	亂起, 相亂, 爭起
	Jinhua	相罵, 相爭, 接熱
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	相爭
Xiang	Changsha	吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋
	Xiangtan	扯皮
	Loudi	𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架
	Shuangfeng	𪘬筋, 扯皮
	Quanzhou	爭吵

Adjective

造孽

(Southwestern Mandarin, Huizhou, Xiang) pitiful; pitiable; poor

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可憐 (“pitiful; pitiable; poor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可憐, 可憐見
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可憐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	可憐
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	孽障
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	造孽
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	造孽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	陰功, 冇陰功, 可憐
Cantonese	Dongguan	陰功
Gan	Nanchang	可憐
Gan	Pingxiang	可憐
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	可憐, 衰過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	可憐, 衰過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苦憐
Huizhou	Jixi	造孽, 罪過
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世, 悲
Southern Min	Xiamen	可憐代
	Quanzhou	可憐代
	Jinjiang	可憐代
	Zhangzhou	可憐代
	Tainan	可憐代 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	可憐代
	Manila (Hokkien)	可憐代
Wu	Shanghai	罪過
	Hangzhou	罪過
	Ningbo	罪過
	Jinhua	罪過
Xiang	Changsha	造孽
Xiang	Loudi	造孽

Derived terms