涕泗滂沱

Chinese

		tears and mucus	pouring; torrential; raining heavily
simp. and trad. (涕泗滂沱)		涕泗	滂沱
alternative forms		涕泗滂沲
Literally: “streaming tears and running nose”.

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 145 (《詩經·陳風·澤陂》):

有美一人，傷如之何。
寤寐無為，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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有美一人，伤如之何。
寤寐无为，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

Yǒu měi yīrén, shāng rúzhīhé.
Wùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]

There is the beautiful lady; I am tortured for her, but what avails it?
Waking or sleeping, I do nothing; From my eyes and nose the water streams.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tìsìpāngtuó, tìsìpángtuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤ ㄊㄨㄛˊ, ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìsìpāngtuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìsìhpangtuó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴-pʻang¹-tʻo²
    • Yale: tì-sz̀-pāng-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhpangtwo
    • Palladius: тисыпанто (tisypanto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìsìpángtuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìsìhpángtuó
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴-pʻang²-tʻo²
    • Yale: tì-sz̀-páng-twó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhparngtwo
    • Palladius: тисыпанто (tisypanto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • Yale: tai si pòhng tòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei³ xi³ pong⁴ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ siː³³ pʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔː²¹/

Idiom

涕泗滂沱

1. to weep profusely