緊箍咒

Chinese

		tight; nervous; strict	hoop; bind with hoops	put a curse on
trad. (緊箍咒)		緊	箍	咒
simp. (紧箍咒)		紧	箍	咒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngūzhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨ ㄓㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan² ku¹ zau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngūzhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨ ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngujhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-ku¹-chou⁴
    • Yale: jǐn-gū-jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingujow
    • Palladius: цзиньгучжоу (czinʹgučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngūzhòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄍㄨ ㄓㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngujhòur
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-ku¹-chou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jǐn-gū-jòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingujowl
    • Palladius: цзиньгучжоур (czinʹgučžour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan² ku¹ zau³
    • Yale: gán kū jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan² ku¹ dzau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen² ku¹ zeo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn³⁵ kʰuː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³³/

Noun

緊箍咒

1. “band-tightening spell” recited by the monk Tang Sanzang in the classical novel Journey to the West, which causes the headband worn by Sun Wukong to contract to give Sun Wukong unbearable pain
2. (figurative) something used as a device of inhibition; spell or incantation used to control someone; something that is used to control or restrain another