昏聵

Chinese

		muddle-headed; twilight; to faint muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness	born deaf; deaf
trad. (昏聵)		昏	聵
simp. (昏聩)		昏	聩
alternative forms		昏憒／昏愦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūnkuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ kui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-kūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūnkuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hunkuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hun¹-kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: hwūn-kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huenkuey
    • Palladius: хунькуй (xunʹkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ kui²
    • Yale: fān kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-kūi
    • Tâi-lô: hun-kuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunkui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² kui²²/

Adjective

昏聵

1. decrepit and muddleheaded

Synonyms

• 昏庸 (hūnyōng)