失魂落魄

Chinese

		absent-minded; careless	in dire straits; down and out; panic-stricken in dire straits; down and out; panic-stricken; untrammelled by convention; unconventional
trad. (失魂落魄)		失魂	落魄
simp. #(失魂落魄)		失魂	落魄
Literally: “lost soul, dropped spirit”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīhúnluòpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ wan⁴ lok⁶ paak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīhúnluòpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihhúnluòpò
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-hun²-lo⁴-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-hwún-lwò-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwenluohpoh
    • Palladius: шихуньлопо (šixunʹlopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ wan⁴ lok⁶ paak³
    • Yale: sāt wàhn lohk paak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ wan⁴ lok⁹ paak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ wen⁴ log⁶ pag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ wɐn²¹ lɔːk̚² pʰaːk̚³/

Idiom

失魂落魄

1. driven to distraction; panic-stricken; to lose one's wits