令人髮指

Chinese

		to make one; to cause people	one's hair bristling up with anger
trad. (令人髮指)		令人	髮指
simp. (令人发指)		令人	发指
Literally: “to make one's hair stand up”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngrénfàzhǐ, lìngrénfǎzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ, ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrénfàzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrénfàjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²-fa⁴-chih³
    • Yale: lìng-rén-fà-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqrenfahjyy
    • Palladius: линжэньфачжи (linžɛnʹfačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrénfǎzhǐ [Phonetic: lìngrénfázhǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrénfǎjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²-fa³-chih³
    • Yale: lìng-rén-fǎ-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqrenfaajyy
    • Palladius: линжэньфачжи (linžɛnʹfačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²
    • Yale: lihng yàhn faat jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jan⁴ faat⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yen⁴ fad³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹ faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

令人髮指

1. (figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable
2. (figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising

See also

• 怒髮衝冠／怒发冲冠 (nùfàchōngguān)