望而興嘆

See also: 望而兴叹 and 望而興歎

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to heave a sigh; to lament; to bemoan
trad. (望而興嘆)		望	而	興嘆
simp. (望而兴叹)		望	而	兴叹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàng'érxīngtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ ji⁴ hing¹ taan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàng'érxīngtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàng-érsingtàn
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-êrh²-hsing¹-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: wàng-ér-syīng-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqerlshingtann
    • Palladius: ванъэрсинтань (vanʺersintanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ ji⁴ hing¹ taan³
    • Yale: mohng yìh hīng taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ ji⁴ hing¹ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ yi⁴ hing¹ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/

Idiom

望而興嘆

1. to look and sigh; to feel helpless; not to know what to do