震耳欲聾

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	ear	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	deaf
trad. (震耳欲聾)		震	耳	欲	聾
simp. (震耳欲聋)		震	耳	欲	聋
Literally: “to shock the ear almost to the point of going deaf”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn'ěryùlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄦˇ ㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ ji⁵ juk⁶ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn'ěryùlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄦˇ ㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn-ěryùlóng
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-êrh³-yü⁴-lung²
    • Yale: jèn-ěr-yù-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenneelyuhlong
    • Palladius: чжэньэрюйлун (čžɛnʹerjujlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ ji⁵ juk⁶ lung⁴
    • Yale: jan yíh yuhk lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ ji⁵ juk⁹ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ yi⁵ yug⁶ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ jiː¹³ jʊk̚² lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

震耳欲聾

1. (of sound) deafening; earsplitting