勞神

Chinese

		toil	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (勞神)		勞	神
simp. (劳神)		劳	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láoshén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ san⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lô-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láoshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láoshén
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-shên²
  - Yale: láu-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laushern
  - Palladius: лаошэнь (laošɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: lòuh sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ sɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: lô-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loisiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ ɕin²³/

Verb

勞⫽神 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to be taxing; to be a tax on one's mind
(humble) to trouble (someone); to bother (when asking someone for a favour)

Derived terms

勞神費力／劳神费力

鞍馬勞神／鞍马劳神

Related terms

費神／费神 (fèishén)
費心／费心 (fèixīn)

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