凶事

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See also: 兇事

Chinese

		fierce; terrible; ominous	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (凶事/兇事)		凶/兇	事
simp. (凶事)		凶	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syongshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syūng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshyh
  - Palladius: сюнши (sjunši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ si⁶
  - Yale: hūng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/

Noun

凶事

inauspicious matter; fateful accident

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凶	事
きょう Grade: S	じ Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーじ (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

凶(きょう)事(じ) • (kyōji)

calamity; misfortune

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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