乞人憎

Chinese

		beg	man; person; people	detest
simp. and trad. (乞人憎)		乞	人	憎
Literally: “to beg people to hate”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹ jan⁴ zang¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹ jan⁴ zang¹
    • Yale: hāt yàhn jāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷ jan⁴ dzang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹ yen⁴ zeng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

乞人憎

1. (Cantonese) annoying

Synonyms

• 討厭／讨厌 (tǎoyàn)
• 討人嫌／讨人嫌 (tǎorénxián)
• (Hakka) 得人惱／得人恼

Derived terms

• 非洲和尚——乞人憎