孤魂

Chinese

		lone; lonely	soul
trad. (孤魂)		孤	魂
simp. #(孤魂)		孤	魂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūhún

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūhún
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guhún
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-hun²
    • Yale: gū-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhwen
    • Palladius: гухунь (guxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: gū wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: koo-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'huun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/

Noun

孤魂

1. lonely soul; forsaken spirit
2. (figurative) one who has nobody to turn to; helpless person

Derived terms

• 孤魂野鬼 (gūhúnyěguǐ)