驚世駭俗

Chinese

		to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	astonish; startle	vulgar
trad. (驚世駭俗)		驚	世	駭	俗
simp. (惊世骇俗)		惊	世	骇	俗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngshìhàisú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ sai³ haai⁵ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngshìhàisú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕˋ ㄏㄞˋ ㄙㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingshìhhàisú
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-shih⁴-hai⁴-su²
    • Yale: jīng-shr̀-hài-sú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshyhhayswu
    • Palladius: цзиншихайсу (czinšixajsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹ su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ sai³ haai⁵ zuk⁶
    • Yale: gīng sai háaih juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ sai³ haai⁵ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ sei³ hai⁵ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ haːi̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/

Adjective

驚世駭俗

1. (literary) extremely shocking; universally shocking