孤魂

Chinese

		lone; lonely	soul
trad. (孤魂)		孤	魂
simp. ^#(孤魂)		孤	魂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūhún

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄏㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ wan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-hûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gūhún
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄏㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guhún
  - Wade–Giles: ku¹-hun²
  - Yale: gū-hwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhwen
  - Palladius: гухунь (guxunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ wan⁴
  - Yale: gū wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: koo-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'huun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/

Noun

孤魂

lonely soul; forsaken spirit
(figurative) one who has nobody to turn to; helpless person

Derived terms

孤魂野鬼 (gūhúnyěguǐ)