哀嘆

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to sigh
trad. (哀嘆/哀歎)		哀	嘆/歎
simp. (哀叹)		哀	叹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āitàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ taan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôi-than
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-thàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āitàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aitàn
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: āi-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aitann
    • Palladius: айтань (ajtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ taan³
    • Yale: ōi taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-than
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi´ tan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-thàn
    • Tâi-lô: ai-thàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'taxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ tʰan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan²¹/

Verb

哀嘆

1. to lament loudly; to bewail
2. to sigh woefully

See also

• 悲嘆／悲叹 (bēitàn)
• 長嘆／长叹 (chángtàn)
• 嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)

Korean

Hanja in this term
哀	嘆

Noun

哀嘆 • (aetan) (hangeul 애탄)

1. Hanja form^? of 애탄 (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”).