涕零

Chinese

		nasal mucus; tears	remnant; zero; to fall
trad. (涕零)		涕	零
simp. #(涕零)		涕	零

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìlíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ling²
    • Yale: tì-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihling
    • Palladius: тилин (tilin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ ling⁴
    • Yale: tai lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ lɪŋ²¹/

Verb

涕零

1. (literary) to shed tears; to weep; (originally of tears) to flow down

   • 心之憂矣，其毒大苦。念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     心之忧矣，其毒大苦。念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, qí dú dà kǔ. Niàn bǐ gōngrén, tìlíng rú yǔ. [Pinyin]

     My heart is sad;
     The poison [of my lot] is too bitter.
     I think of those [at court] in their offices,
     And my tears flow down like rain.

Derived terms

• 感激涕零 (gǎnjītìlíng)