心灰意冷

Chinese

		extremely disappointed; discouraged	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)	cold
trad. (心灰意冷)		心灰	意	冷
simp. #(心灰意冷)		心灰	意	冷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnhuīyìlěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-hoe-ì-léng / sim-he-ì-léng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhuīyìlěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄧˋ ㄌㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinhueiyìlěng
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hui¹-i⁴-lêng³
    • Yale: syīn-hwēi-yì-lěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhueiyihleeng
    • Palladius: синьхуэйилэн (sinʹxuejilɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵
    • Yale: sām fūi yi láahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ fui¹ ji³ laang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ fui¹ yi³ lang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ jiː³³ laːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hoe-ì-léng / sim-he-ì-léng
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hue-ì-líng / sim-he-ì-líng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhoe'ieleang, simhe'ieleang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/, /sim⁴⁴⁻²² he⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ hue³³ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /sim³³ he³³ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/, /sim⁴⁴⁻²² he⁴⁴⁻²² i²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/, /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/, /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴⁴⁻³³ i²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 心灰意冷

1. discouraged and downhearted