噩耗

Chinese

		startling	bad news
trad. (噩耗)		噩	耗
simp. #(噩耗)		噩	耗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ hou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): go̍k-hòⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èhào
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: è-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehhaw
    • Palladius: эхао (exao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶ hou³
    • Yale: ngohk hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² hou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: go̍k-hòⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: go̍k-hònn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goghvox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔk̚²⁴⁻² hɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ̃²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ̃²¹/

Noun

噩耗

1. sad and startling news of the death of one's beloved

   傳來噩耗／传来噩耗  ―  chuánlái èhào  ―  news came of the death of someone dear

Synonyms

• 惡耗／恶耗 (èhào)

Antonyms

• (literary) 喜信 (xǐxìn)
• 喜訊／喜讯 (xǐxùn)