惡耗

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	to waste; to spend; to consume to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; mouse; new
trad. (惡耗)		惡	耗
simp. (恶耗)		恶	耗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èhào

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ hou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄏㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èhào
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-hao⁴
  - Yale: è-hàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehhaw
  - Palladius: эхао (exao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ok³ hou³
  - Yale: ok hou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ hou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: og³ hou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ hou̯³³/

Noun

惡耗

bad news (especially of the death of a family member or friend)
- 2020, “特倫斯夢遊仙境 [Wonderland]”, Oscar (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  太逼真的惡耗纏著 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  太逼真的恶耗缠着 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  taai³ bik¹ zan¹ dik¹ ok³ hou³ cin⁴ zoek³ [Jyutping]
  Overly realistic bad news is pestering me

Synonyms

噩耗 (èhào)