物哀

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
simp. and trad. (物哀)		物	哀

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 物(もの)の哀(あわ)れ (mono no aware).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wù'āi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ oi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wù'āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wù-ai
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-ai¹
    • Yale: wù-āi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhai
    • Palladius: у’ай (u’aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ oi¹
    • Yale: maht ōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ oi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ oi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

物哀

1. mono no aware; the pathos of things