魂不守舍

Chinese

		soul	not; no	to guard	residence
trad. (魂不守舍)		魂	不	守	舍
simp. #(魂不守舍)		魂	不	守	舍
Literally: “one's spirit has left one's body”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnbùshǒushè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ bat¹ sau² se³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnbùshǒushè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnbùshǒushè
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-pu⁴-shou³-shê⁴
    • Yale: hwún-bù-shǒu-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenbushoousheh
    • Palladius: хуньбушоушэ (xunʹbušoušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ bat¹ sau² se³
    • Yale: wàhn bāt sáu se
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ bat⁷ sau² se³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ bed¹ seo² sé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ sɛː³³/

Idiom

魂不守舍

1. to be inattentive; to have lost one's concentration