哀憐

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to pity
trad. (哀憐)		哀	憐
simp. (哀怜)		哀	怜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āilián

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āilián
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ailián
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-lien²
    • Yale: āi-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ailian
    • Palladius: айлянь (ajljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ lin⁴
    • Yale: ōi lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ liːn²¹/

Verb

哀憐

1. to feel compassion for; to pity

Synonyms

• 可憐／可怜 (kělián)
• 同情 (tóngqíng)
• 哀矜 (āijīn) (literary)
• 心疼 (xīnténg)
• 悲憫／悲悯 (bēimǐn)
• 惻隱／恻隐 (cèyǐn) (formal)
• 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)
• 憐憫／怜悯 (liánmǐn)