忤逆

Chinese

		disobedient; unfilial	contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
trad. (忤逆)		忤	逆ぎゃく
simp. #(忤逆)		忤	逆ぎゃく

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔnì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘-gia̍k / ngó͘-ge̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² ngêg⁸ / gao² gêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔnì
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ni⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuunih
    • Palladius: уни (uni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jik⁶
    • Yale: ńgh yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-gia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: góo-gia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofgiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofgek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou² ngêg⁸ / gao² gêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu nge̍k / káu ke̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋek̚⁴/, /kau⁵²⁻³⁵ keʔ⁴/

Note:

• ngou2 ngêg8 - literary ("unfilial");
• gao2 gêh8 - vernacular ("disobedient").

Verb

忤逆

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

   子女しじょ忤逆不孝ふこう實在じつざい令れい父母ちちはは寒心かんしん。 [MSC, trad.]
   子女しじょ忤逆不孝ふこう实在令れい父母ちちはは寒心かんしん。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐnǚ wǔnì bùxiào shízài lìng fùmǔ hánxīn. [Pinyin]

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

Derived terms

• 忤逆不孝ふこう (wǔnì bùxiào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忤逆):

• → Japanese: 忤逆(ごぎゃく) (gogyaku)
• → Vietnamese: ngỗ nghịch (忤逆)