起神

起神

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (起神)		起	神
simp. #(起神)		起	神

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): khí-sîn

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕin²⁴/

Verb

起神

1. (Min Nan) to go mad; to go crazy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 發瘋 (“to go mad”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		發瘋, 發狂
Mandarin	Beijing	發瘋
	Taiwan	發瘋
	Luoyang	發瘋
	Liuzhou	發癲, 發神經
	Yangzhou	發瘋, 發痴
	Singapore	發神經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發癲, 發神經
	Hong Kong	發癲, 發神經
	Singapore (Guangfu)	發神經
Gan	Nanchang	發神經
	Pingxiang	發癲
Hakka	Meixian	發癲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	發癲
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	發癲
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	發癲
	Dongshi (Dabu)	發癲
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	發癲
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	起痟
Huizhou	Jixi	發神經
Jin	Taiyuan	發瘋
Min Bei	Jian'ou	發癲, 病狂
Min Dong	Fuzhou	發癲, 發癲狂
Min Nan	Xiamen	起痟, 痟, 掠狂, 起魔, 起魔神, 起狂, 起神, 起歁
	Quanzhou	起痟, 痟, 起神, 起魔, 起狂
	Zhangzhou	起痟, 痟, 起魔, 起魔神, 起狂, 起神
	Kaohsiung	起痟
	Tainan	起痟
	Taichung	起痟
	Wuqi	起痟
	Hsinchu	起神經
	Taitung	起神經
	Lukang	起痟
	Magong	起痟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	起痟
	Leizhou	發癲
Wu	Shanghai	發瘋, 發痴, 發神經, 發神經病
	Chongming	發痴
	Suzhou	發痴
	Danyang	發痴
	Hangzhou	發痴, 發神經
	Ningbo	發痴
Xiang	Changsha	發癲, 發神經
	Loudi	發癲