斷腸

See also: 断肠

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	intestines
trad. (斷腸)		斷	腸
simp. (断肠)		断	肠
anagram		腸斷／肠断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duàncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun⁶ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): toān-tiông / toǎn-tiông / toān-chhiâng / toān-tn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duàncháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duàncháng
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: dwàn-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanncharng
    • Palladius: дуаньчан (duanʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: dyuhn chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn⁶ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-tiông
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxndioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tuan²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toǎn-tiông
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎn-tiông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-chhiâng
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tshiâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnchiaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toān-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tuān-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxnd'ngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /tuan³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tuan³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/

Verb

斷腸

1. (literally) to cut off the intestines
2. (figurative) to be extremely distressed; to be heartbroken; to be anguished

   • 大同江上別情人，楊柳千絲未繫人。含淚眼看含淚眼，斷腸人對斷腸人。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Poem attributed to a Pyong'yang courtesan, 1800s

     Daedonggang sang byeol jeong'in, yangnyu cheon sa mi gye in. Hamnu an gan hamnu an, danjang in dae danjang in. [Sino-Korean]

     By the Taedong I bid my love farewell; the willow's thousand strands could not hold him back. Tearful eyes stare at tearful eyes, heartbroken woman facing heartbroken man.

Synonyms

• (extremely distressed): 腸斷／肠断 (chángduàn), 心碎 (xīnsuì)

Derived terms

• 斷腸猿／断肠猿
• 斷腸花／断肠花
• 斷腸草／断肠草

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (斷腸):

• → Japanese: 断腸(だんちょう) (danchō)
• → Korean: 단장(斷腸) (danjang)
• → Vietnamese: đoạn trường (斷腸)

Others:

• → Korean: 애끊다 (aekkeunta) (calque)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
斷	腸

Adjective

斷腸

1. chữ Hán form of đoạn trường.