默哀

Chinese

		silent; write from memory	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
trad. (默哀)		默	哀
simp. #(默哀)		默	哀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò'āi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ oi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍k-ai / be̍k-ai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò'āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò-ai
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-ai¹
    • Yale: mwò-āi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohai
    • Palladius: моай (moaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ oi¹
    • Yale: mahk ōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ oi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ oi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k-ai
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍k-ai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biag'ay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² ai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k-ai
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k-ai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beg'ay
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² ai⁴⁴/

Verb

默哀

1. to observe a moment of silence