唏噓

Chinese

		sound of sobbing	exhale; hiss
trad. (唏噓)		唏	噓
simp. (唏嘘)		唏	嘘
alternative forms		欷噓／欷嘘 欷歔 欷吁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: syī-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiu
    • Palladius: сисюй (sisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ heoi¹
    • Yale: hēi hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

唏噓

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) to sigh; to sob