忤逆

忤逆

Chinese

		disobedient; unfilial	contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
simp. and trad. (忤逆)		忤	逆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔnì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jik⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gó͘-gia̍k / ngó͘-ge̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuunih
    • IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jik⁶
    • Yale: ńgh yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɪk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-gia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: góo-gia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofgiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ giak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofgek
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ giɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ giɪk̚¹²¹/

Verb

忤逆

1. (literary) to violate; to go against
2. to be disobedient to one's parents; to be unfilial; to be wayward

   子女忤逆不孝實在令父母寒心。 [MSC, trad.]
   子女忤逆不孝实在令父母寒心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]

   Wayward children who are unfilial are a disappointment to their parents.