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冤魂

冤魂

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	soul
simp. and trad. (冤魂)		冤	魂

Noun

冤魂

ghost of one who was wrongly put to death or was murdered; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuānhún

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢㄏㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ wan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): oan-hûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuānhún
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄏㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanhwen
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: yūn wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ wan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: uan-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oanhuun
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² hun¹³/