疑心生暗鬼

Chinese

		suspicion; doubt; to suspect suspicion; doubt; to suspect; to doubt	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (疑心生暗鬼)		疑心	生	暗	鬼
simp. #(疑心生暗鬼)		疑心	生	暗	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíxīn shēng àn guǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ sam¹ saang¹ am³ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíxīn shēng àn guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yísin sheng àn guěi
    • Wade–Giles: i²-hsin¹ shêng¹ an⁴ kuei³
    • Yale: yí-syīn shēng àn gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishin sheng ann goei
    • Palladius: исинь шэн ань гуй (isinʹ šɛn anʹ guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ sam¹ saang¹ am³ gwai²
    • Yale: yìh sām sāang am gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ sam¹ saang¹ am³ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ sem¹ sang¹ em³ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ ɐm³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Proverb

疑心生暗鬼

1. suspicions create imaginary fears; a suspicious heart will see imaginary ghosts; fear takes molehills for mountains