懼內

Chinese

		to fear	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
trad. (懼內)		懼	內
simp. (惧内)		惧	内
Literally: “to fear the interior (of a house)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùnèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ noi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùnèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùnèi
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-nei⁴
    • Yale: jyù-nèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhney
    • Palladius: цзюйнэй (czjujnɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶ noi⁶
    • Yale: geuih noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² nɔːi̯²²/

Verb

懼內

1. (formal, of a husband) to be fearful of one's wife; to be henpecked