哀嘆

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to sigh
trad. (哀嘆/哀歎)		哀	嘆/歎
simp. (哀叹)		哀	叹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āitàn

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ taan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôi-than
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai-thàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āitàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: aitàn
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹-tʻan⁴
  - Yale: āi-tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aitann
  - Palladius: айтань (ajtanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi¹ taan³
  - Yale: ōi taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ tan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-than
  - Hakka Romanization System: oi^ˊ tan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: oi¹ tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰan⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-thàn
  - Tâi-lô: ai-thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ai'taxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ tʰan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan²¹/

Verb

哀嘆

to lament loudly; to bewail
to sigh woefully

See also

悲嘆／悲叹 (bēitàn)
長嘆／长叹 (chángtàn)
嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)

Korean

Hanja in this term
哀	嘆

Noun

哀嘆 • (aetan) (hangeul 애탄)

hanja form^? of 애탄 (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”)