震耳欲聾

Chinese

		shake; shock; sign in trigram	ear	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish	deaf
trad. (震耳欲聾)		震	耳	欲	聾
simp. (震耳欲聋)		震	耳	欲	聋
Literally: “to shock the ear almost to the point of going deaf”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèn'ěryùlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄦˇ ㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ ji⁵ juk⁶ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn'ěryùlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄦˇ ㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn-ěryùlóng
  - Wade–Giles: chên⁴-êrh³-yü⁴-lung²
  - Yale: jèn-ěr-yù-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenneelyuhlong
  - Palladius: чжэньэрюйлун (čžɛnʹerjujlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan³ ji⁵ juk⁶ lung⁴
  - Yale: jan yíh yuhk lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ ji⁵ juk⁹ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen³ yi⁵ yug⁶ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ jiː¹³ jʊk̚² lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

震耳欲聾

(of sound) deafening; earsplitting

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