神憎鬼厭

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	detest	ghost; sly; crafty	loathe
trad. (神憎鬼厭)		神	憎	鬼	厭
simp. (神憎鬼厌)		神	憎	鬼	厌
Literally: “detested by gods and loathed by ghosts”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénzēngguǐyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ zang¹ gwai² jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénzēngguǐyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénzengguěiyàn
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-tsêng¹-kuei³-yen⁴
    • Yale: shén-dzēng-gwěi-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherntzenggoeiyann
    • Palladius: шэньцзэнгуйянь (šɛnʹczɛngujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ zang¹ gwai² jim³
    • Yale: sàhn jāng gwái yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ dzang¹ gwai² jim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ zeng¹ guei² yim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ jiːm³³/

Idiom

神憎鬼厭

1. to be extremely detestable; to be extremely irritating

Derived terms

• 神檯貓屎——神憎鬼厭／神台猫屎——神憎鬼厌 (san⁴ toi⁴ maau¹ si², san⁴ zang¹ gwai² jim³) (Cantonese)