扼腕

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	wrist
trad. (扼腕)		扼	腕
simp. #(扼腕)		扼	腕
alternative forms		扼捥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ wun² / aak¹ wun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èwàn
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-wan⁴
    • Yale: è-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehwann
    • Palladius: эвань (evanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹ wun² / aak¹ wun²
    • Yale: āk wún / āak wún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ wun² / aak⁷ wun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ wun² / ag¹ wun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ wuːn³⁵/, /aːk̚⁵ wuːn³⁵/

Verb

扼腕

1. (literary) to wring one's hands (with enthusiasm, disappointment, indignation, etc.)