還魂

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	soul
trad. (還魂)		還	魂
simp. (还魂)		还	魂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánhún

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ hun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánhún
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánhún
    • Wade–Giles: huan²-hun²
    • Yale: hwán-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanhwen
    • Palladius: хуаньхунь (xuanʹxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ hun⁴
    • Yale: wàahn hùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ hun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ hun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ huːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: huân-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhuun
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/

Verb

還魂

1. to return from the dead; to revive after death
2. (obsolete) to recycle; to be reprocessed

Synonyms

• (to return from the dead): (Hokkien) 回魂

Derived terms

• 借屍還魂 / 借尸还魂 (jièshīhuánhún)
• 還魂紙 / 还魂纸
• 還魂草 / 还魂草