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嚇壞

嚇壞

See also: 吓坏

Chinese

		to frighten; to scare; to intimidate to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (嚇壞)		嚇	壞
simp. (吓坏)		吓	坏

Verb

嚇壞

to be scared senseless

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàhuài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ waai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hak-fái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàhuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahhuay
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ waai⁶
  - Yale: haak waaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ waai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːk̚³ wɑːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-fái
  - Hakka Romanization System: hag` fai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ fai³
  - IPA: /hak̚² fa̯i³¹/