造孽

造孽

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	consequence of sin
simp. and trad. (造孽)		造	孽
variant forms		皂孽 Sichuan sense

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zàoniè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): zao⁴ nyie²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ jip⁶, zou⁶ jit⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chō-gia̍t / chǒ-gia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zàoniè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawnieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zao⁴ nyie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zaonie
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sau²¹³ nʲiɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ jip⁶, zou⁶ jit⁶
    • Yale: jouh yihp, jouh yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ jip⁹, dzou⁶ jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ yib⁶, zou⁶ yid⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² jiːp̚²/, /t͡sou̯²² jiːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-gia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-gia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixgiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ giɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ giɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ giɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ giɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-gia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-gia̍t
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² giɛt̚²⁴/

Verb

造孽

1. (Buddhism) to sin; to do evil

Synonyms

• 作孽 (zuòniè)

Adjective

造孽

1. (Sichuan) pitiful; pitiable

Synonyms

• 可憐／可怜 (kělián)