厭倦

See also: 厌倦

Chinese

		loathe	tired
trad. (厭倦)		厭	倦
simp. (厌倦)		厌	倦
anagram		倦厭／倦厌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànjuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ gyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàm-koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànjuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànjyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chüan⁴
    • Yale: yàn-jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannjiuann
    • Palladius: яньцзюань (janʹczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim³ gyun⁶
    • Yale: yim gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ gyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim³ gün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ kyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàm-koàn
    • Tâi-lô: iàm-kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iarmkoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam²¹⁻⁵³ kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuan⁴¹/

Verb

厭倦

1. to be tired; to be fed up

   • 愛麗絲靠著姐姐坐在江邊無事可做，開始厭倦起來。 [MSC, trad.]
     爱丽丝靠着姐姐坐在江边无事可做，开始厌倦起来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005, 【英】路易斯·卡洛爾 著, 董怡 譯, 周佳欣 譯審, 《彩繪世界文學名著專家導讀版愛麗絲漫遊仙境》, 明天出版社, →ISBN, p. 1

     Àilìsī kàozhe jiějiě zuò zài jiāngbiān wúshìkězuò, kāishǐ yànjuàn qǐlái. [Pinyin]

     Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 倦厭／倦厌 (juànyàn)

Dialectal synonyms of 膩 (“to be sick of; to be tired of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		膩, 厭倦
Mandarin	Taiwan	膩
	Singapore	膩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	厭1
	Hong Kong	厭1
Hakka	Meixian	膩
Southern Min	Taipei	厭2 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厭2
	Manila (Hokkien)	厭2
	Shantou	飫
	Jieyang	厭2
	Singapore (Teochew)	厭2
Wu	Wenzhou	㾯
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)