懼內

Chinese

		to fear	inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior
trad. (懼內)		懼	內
simp. (惧内)		惧	内
Literally: “to fear the interior (of a house)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jùnèi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶ noi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jùnèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyùnèi
  - Wade–Giles: chü⁴-nei⁴
  - Yale: jyù-nèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhney
  - Palladius: цзюйнэй (czjujnɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: geoi⁶ noi⁶
  - Yale: geuih noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶ noi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶ noi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²² nɔːi̯²²/

Verb

懼內

(formal, of a husband) to be fearful of one's wife; to be henpecked

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