勞神

Chinese

		toil	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (勞神)		勞	神
simp. (劳神)		劳	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láoshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láoshén
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-shên²
    • Yale: láu-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laushern
    • Palladius: лаошэнь (laošɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: lòuh sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lô-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loisiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ sin²³/

Verb

勞⫽神 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to be taxing; to be a tax on one's mind
2. (humble) to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)

Derived terms

• 勞神費力／劳神费力
• 鞍馬勞神／鞍马劳神

 

Related terms

• 費神／费神 (fèishén)
• 費心／费心 (fèixīn)