喟然
Chinese
| to sigh | so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (喟然) | 喟 | 然 | |
| simp. #(喟然) | 喟 | 然 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kuìrán
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuèirán
- Wade–Giles: kʻuei4-jan2
- Yale: kwèi-rán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kueyran
- Palladius: куйжань (kujžanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Adverb
喟然
- (literary) heavily (sigh)
- 高祖常繇咸陽，縱觀，觀秦皇帝，喟然太息曰：「嗟乎，大丈夫當如此也！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Gāozǔ cháng yáo Xiányáng, zòngguān, guān Qín huángdì, kuìrán tài xī yuē: “Jiēhū, dàzhàngfū dāng rúcǐ yě!” [Pinyin]
- Gaozu often served as a corvee laborer in Xianyang. [The Qin emperor was on an outing and there was] free rein to observe him. Gaozu observed the Qin emperor and sighed heavily, saying: "Ah! A true man should be like this!"
高祖常繇咸阳，纵观，观秦皇帝，喟然太息曰：「嗟乎，大丈夫当如此也！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]