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
simp. and trad. (疑心生暗鬼)		疑心	生	暗	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíxīn shēng àn guǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄕㄥㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ sam¹ saang¹ am³ gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yíxīn shēng àn guǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄕㄥㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishin sheng ann goei
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɑːŋ⁵⁵ ɐm³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Proverb

疑心生暗鬼

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

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