怨嘆

Chinese

		blame; complain	to sigh
trad. (怨嘆/怨歎)		怨	嘆/歎
simp. (怨叹)		怨	叹

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oàn-thàn

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oàn-thàn
  - Tâi-lô: uàn-thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oarntaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²¹⁻⁵³ tʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰan¹¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /uan²¹⁻⁴² tʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰan²¹/

Verb

怨嘆

(Hokkien) to grumble and sigh; to complain and sigh
- 1931, “相褒·拾盆牡丹歌”, in 《最新十二更鼓拾盆牡丹合歌》, Chiayi: 捷發漢書部:
  
  我娘驚甲未對辨　因爲咱來看牡丹　想卜心肝久怨嘆　做堆一字無爲難 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  我娘惊甲未对辨　因为咱来看牡丹　想卜心肝久怨叹　做堆一字无为难 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  góa niû kiaⁿ kah bōe tùi-pān, in-ūi lán lâi khòaⁿ bó͘-tan, siūⁿ-beh sim-koaⁿ kú oàn-thàn, chò-tui chi̍t-jī bô ûi-lân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

叨嘮 / 叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
吐槽 (neologism, slang)
嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
埋怨 (mányuàn)
怨懟 / 怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
牢騷 / 牢骚 (láosāo)
發牢騷 / 发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

Further reading

“怨嘆”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.