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招魂

招魂

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	soul
simp. and trad. (招魂)		招	魂

Verb

招魂

to evoke a spirit from the dead

Derived terms

招魂旛

揚幡招魂／扬幡招魂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
招	魂
しょう Grade: 5	こん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

招魂 ‎(hiragana しょうこん, romaji shōkon)

invocation of spirits of the dead

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhāohún

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄏㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ wan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chiau-hûn / chio-hûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāohún
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄏㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauhwen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāohúnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄏㄨㄣˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauhwel
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xwəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: jīu wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ wan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'huun
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hun¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioi'huun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/