煩惱絲

Chinese

		annoyed; troubled; upset annoyed; troubled; upset; vexed; worried; uneasy; annoyance; troubles; vexation; worries; anxiety; sorrow	silk; thread; trace
trad. (煩惱絲)		煩惱	絲
simp. (烦恼丝)		烦恼	丝
Literally: “threads of trouble”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánnǎosī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄋㄠˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ nou⁵ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánnǎosī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄋㄠˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánnǎosih
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-nao³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: fán-nǎu-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnnaosy
    • Palladius: фаньнаосы (fanʹnaosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ nou⁵ si¹
    • Yale: fàahn nóuh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ nou⁵ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ nou⁵ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ nou̯¹³ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

煩惱絲

1. (Buddhism or literary) hair (on the head)

   三千煩惱絲／三千烦恼丝  ―  sānqiān fánnǎosī  ―  (literary) hair (literally, “three thousand threads of trouble”)