殘念

See also: 残念

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (殘念)		殘	念
simp. (残念)		残	念

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 残念(ざんねん) (zannen).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánniàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-nien⁴
    • Yale: tsán-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnniann
    • Palladius: цаньнянь (canʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/

Adjective

殘念

1. (neologism) still having lingering feelings for; unresigned; pitiable; regrettable

Interjection

殘念

1. (neologism) bummer; too bad

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殘	念
ざん Hyōgaiji	ねん Grade: 4
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 殘念 – see the following entry.

【残念ざんねん】 [adjective] regretful [adjective] with connotations of pity, sadness, disappointment, and shame [adjective] with connotations of vexation or mortification (often used to end a sentence) [noun] regret

(This term, 殘念, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)