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 ㄗㄥㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ zang¹ gwai² jim³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénzēngguǐyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄗㄥㄍㄨㄟˇ 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

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)

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