幽魂

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	soul
trad. (幽魂)		幽	魂
simp. #(幽魂)		幽	魂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuhún

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ wan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iu-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuhún
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youhún
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-hun²
    • Yale: yōu-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouhwen
    • Palladius: юхунь (juxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuhúnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youhúnr
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-hun²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yōu-hwúnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouhwel
    • Palladius: юхуньр (juxunʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯əɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: yāu wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iu-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: iu-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'huun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu³³ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁴⁴⁻²² hun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/

Noun

幽魂

1. spirit; ghost

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鬼 (“ghost”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬼
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鬼, 鬼魂, 亡靈, 亡魂, 幽靈, 幽魂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬼
	Taiwan	鬼
	Singapore	鬼, 好兄弟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鬼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鬼
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	鬼
	Xi'an	鬼
	Xining	鬼
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鬼
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鬼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鬼, 二五子
	Guilin	鬼
	Liuzhou	鬼, 矮老子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	鬼
	Reshuitang (Longling)	鬼
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	鬼
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	鬼
	Oudomxay	鬼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鬼
	Yangzhou	鬼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬼
	Hong Kong	鬼, 污糟嘢, 嗰啲嘢
	Dongguan	鬼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鬼, 好兄弟
Gan	Nanchang	鬼
	Lichuan	鬼
Hakka	Meixian	鬼
	Yudu	鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬼, 鬼仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬼
Huizhou	Jixi	鬼
Jin	Taiyuan	鬼
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鬼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬼
	Quanzhou	鬼
	Zhangzhou	鬼
	Tainan	鬼仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬼, 好兄弟
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬼
	Singapore (Teochew)	鬼
Wu	Shanghai	鬼, 野客, 徐天老爺
	Suzhou	鬼
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	鬼, 老本煙
	Wenzhou	鬼
	Jinhua	鬼
Xiang	Changsha	鬼, 矮路子, 浸老倌, 田几么, 田老倌
	Xiangxiang	鬼
	Loudi	鬼
	Hengshan	鬼