失魂落魄

Chinese

		absent-minded; careless	in dire straits; down and out; panic-stricken in dire straits; down and out; panic-stricken; untrammelled by convention; unconventional
trad. (失魂落魄)		失魂	落魄
simp. ^#(失魂落魄)		失魂	落魄
Literally: “lost soul, dropped spirit”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīhúnluòpò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ wan⁴ lok⁶ paak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīhúnluòpò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihhúnluòpò
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-hun²-lo⁴-pʻo⁴
  - Yale: shr̄-hwún-lwò-pwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwenluohpoh
  - Palladius: шихуньлопо (šixunʹlopo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ wan⁴ lok⁶ paak³
  - Yale: sāt wàhn lohk paak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ wan⁴ lok⁹ paak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ wen⁴ log⁶ pag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ wɐn²¹ lɔːk̚² pʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

失魂落魄

driven to distraction; panic-stricken; to lose one's wits

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