令人髮指

Chinese

		to make one; to cause people	one's hair bristling up with anger
trad. (令人髮指)		令人	髮指
simp. (令人发指)		令人	发指
Literally: “to make one's hair stand up”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìngrénfàzhǐ, lìngrénfǎzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ, ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrénfàzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrénfàjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²-fa⁴-chih³
  - Yale: lìng-rén-fà-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqrenfahjyy
  - Palladius: линжэньфачжи (linžɛnʹfačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìngrénfǎzhǐ [Phonetic: lìngrénfázhǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìngrénfǎjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ling⁴-jên²-fa³-chih³
  - Yale: lìng-rén-fǎ-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqrenfaajyy
  - Palladius: линжэньфачжи (linžɛnʹfačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁶ jan⁴ faat³ zi²
  - Yale: lihng yàhn faat jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁶ jan⁴ faat⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁶ yen⁴ fad³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²² jɐn²¹ faːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

令人髮指

(figurative) to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable
(figurative, rare) frightening; scary; hair-raising

See also

怒髮衝冠／怒发冲冠 (nùfàchōngguān)

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