酸楚

Chinese

		sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid	distinct; clear; orderly distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; ancient place name; surname
trad. (酸楚)		酸	楚
simp. #(酸楚)		酸	楚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suānchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹ co²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-chhó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suānchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suanchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: swān-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suanchuu
    • Palladius: суаньчу (suanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹ co²
    • Yale: syūn chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹ tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹ co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chhó͘
    • Tâi-lô: suan-tshóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soanzhor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

酸楚

1. grieved; distressed; miserable

   • 忙翻包掏出鑰匙打開門，只見老爸站在陽台上，向外張望，晚風吹拂著他稀疏的白髮，那情景讓我心裡一陣酸楚，不知不覺中，淚已成行。 [MSC, trad.]
     忙翻包掏出钥匙打开门，只见老爸站在阳台上，向外张望，晚风吹拂着他稀疏的白发，那情景让我心里一阵酸楚，不知不觉中，泪已成行。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 張鷹 (Zhang Ying), 《回家摁門鈴》 (When I Go Home, I Ring the Doorbell)

     Máng fān bāo tāo chū yàoshi dǎkāi mén, zhǐ jiàn lǎobà zhàn zài yángtái shàng, xiàng wài zhāngwàng, wǎnfēng chuīfú zhe tā xīshū de báifà, nà qíngjǐng ràng wǒ xīnlǐ yīzhèn suānchǔ, bùzhībùjué zhōng, lèi yǐ chéngháng. [Pinyin]

     I hurriedly took out the key to open the door. Dad was standing on the balcony, looking into the distance, his sparse grey hair blown by the evening wind. I couldn't help feeling a twinge of pain in my heart, and tears flowed down like a river.