可憐代

Chinese

		to have pity on; to pity; pitiful to have pity on; to pity; pitiful; pitiable; poor	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
trad. (可憐代)		可憐	代
simp. (可怜代)		可怜	代

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-lîn-tāi / khóⁿ-lîn-tāi / khó-liân-tāi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-lîn-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: khó-lîn-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoylindai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻²² tai²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin¹³⁻²² tai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-lîn-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-lîn-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoflindai
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴⁻²² tai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-liân-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: khó-liân-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyliendai
    • IPA (Penang): /kʰo⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ liɛn²³⁻²¹ tai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³⁻³³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³/

Adjective

可憐代

1. (Hokkien) pitiful; pitiable; poor
2. (Hokkien) meager; negligible (of a number or amount)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可憐 (“pitiful; pitiable; poor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可憐, 可憐見
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可憐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	可憐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	孽障
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	造孽
	Guiyang	造孽
Cantonese	Hong Kong	陰功, 冇陰功, 可憐
	Dongguan	陰功
Gan	Nanchang	可憐
	Pingxiang	可憐
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	可憐, 衰過
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	可憐, 衰過
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	可憐, 衰過
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苦憐
Huizhou	Jixi	造孽, 罪過
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世, 悲
Southern Min	Xiamen	可憐代
	Quanzhou	可憐代
	Jinjiang	可憐代
	Zhangzhou	可憐代
	Tainan	可憐代 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	可憐代
	Manila (Hokkien)	可憐代
Wu	Shanghai	罪過
	Hangzhou	罪過
	Ningbo	罪過
	Jinhua	罪過
Xiang	Changsha	造孽
	Loudi	造孽