疑神疑鬼

Chinese

		to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (疑神疑鬼)		疑	神	疑	鬼
simp. #(疑神疑鬼)		疑	神	疑	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíshén-yíguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gî-sîn-gî-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíshén-yíguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíshényíguěi
    • Wade–Giles: i²-shên²-i²-kuei³
    • Yale: yí-shén-yí-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishernyigoei
    • Palladius: ишэньигуй (išɛnʹiguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂən³⁵ i³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
    • Yale: yìh sàhn yìh gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ sen⁴ yi⁴ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ sɐn²¹ jiː²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-sîn-gî-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: gî-sîn-gî-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gisin'gi'kuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ ɡi²³⁻³³ kui⁴¹/

Idiom

疑神疑鬼

1. to be extremely suspicious; to be afraid of one's own shadow

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 疑神疑魍