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 ㄈㄟㄆㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ fei¹ paak³ saan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: húnfēipòsàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄟㄆㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenfeipohsann
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ fei¹ paak³ saan³
  - Yale: wàhn fēi paak saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ fei¹ paak⁸ saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ féi¹ pag³ san³
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ pʰɑːk̚³ sɑːn³³/

Idiom

魂飛魄散

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

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