垂淚

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	tears
trad. (垂淚)		垂	淚
simp. (垂泪)		垂	泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuílèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuílèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéilèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-lei⁴
    • Yale: chwéi-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiley
    • Palladius: чуйлэй (čujlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ leoi⁶
    • Yale: sèuih leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ lɵy̯²²/

Verb

垂淚

1. (literary) to shed tears; to weep

   • 垂淚對宮娥！ [Ci, trad.]
     垂泪对宫娥！ [Ci, simp.]

     From: c. 976, Li Yu (李煜),《破陣子·四十年來家國》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Chuílèi duì gōng'é! [Pinyin]

     And I shed tears before my palace maid!