丁艱

Chinese

		4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (丁艱)		丁	艱
simp. (丁艰)		丁	艰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding¹ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingjian
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-chien¹
    • Yale: dīng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingjian
    • Palladius: динцзянь (dinczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding¹ gaan¹
    • Yale: dīng gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding¹ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/

Verb

丁艱

1. (literary) Synonym of 丁憂 / 丁忧 (dīngyōu, “to mourn the passing of one's parents”)