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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: húnbùshǒushè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenbushoousheh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húnbùshǒushè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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

to be inattentive; to have lost one's concentration

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