魂飛魄散

Chinese

		soul	to fly	soul	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (魂飛魄散)		魂	飛	魄	散
simp. (魂飞魄散)		魂	飞	魄	散
Literally: “the soul flies away and scatters”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnfēipòsàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄟ ㄆㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ fei¹ paak³ saan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnfēipòsàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄟ ㄆㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnfeipòsàn
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-fei¹-pʻo⁴-san⁴
    • Yale: hwún-fēi-pwò-sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenfeipohsann
    • Palladius: хуньфэйпосань (xunʹfɛjposanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ fei¹ paak³ saan³
    • Yale: wàhn fēi paak saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ fei¹ paak⁸ saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ féi¹ pag³ san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ pʰaːk̚³ saːn³³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 魂飛魄散

1. to be frightened stiff, spooked out of one's mind, terror-stricken