疑神疑鬼

Chinese

		to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (疑神疑鬼)		疑	神	疑	鬼
simp. ^#(疑神疑鬼)		疑	神	疑	鬼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíshén-yíguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gî-sîn-gî-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yíshén-yíguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yíshényíguěi
  - Wade–Giles: i²-shên²-i²-kuei³
  - Yale: yí-shén-yí-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishernyigoei
  - Palladius: ишэньигуй (išɛnʹiguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂən³⁵ i³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
  - Yale: yìh sàhn yìh gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ san⁴ ji⁴ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ sen⁴ yi⁴ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ sɐn²¹ jiː²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-sîn-gî-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: gî-sîn-gî-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gisin'gi'kuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ ɕin²³⁻³³ ɡi²³⁻³³ kui⁴¹/

Idiom

疑神疑鬼

to be extremely suspicious; to be afraid of one's own shadow

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 疑神疑魍

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