憑弔

Chinese

		lean against; proof; to rely on lean against; proof; to rely on; to depend on; to be based on	condole with; hang
trad. (憑弔/憑吊)		憑	弔/吊
simp. (凭吊)		凭	吊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngdiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pang⁴ diu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-tiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngdiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngdiào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-tiao⁴
    • Yale: píng-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngdiaw
    • Palladius: пиндяо (pindjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pang⁴ diu³
    • Yale: pàhng diu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pang⁴ diu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: peng⁴ diu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐŋ²¹ tiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-tiàu
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-tiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pindiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² tiau²¹/

Verb

憑弔

1. to visit a place for the memories

   他站在山上，憑弔那座古廟。 [MSC, trad.]
   他站在山上，凭吊那座古庙。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhàn zài shānshàng, píngdiào nà zuò gǔmiào. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to pay homage to the deceased

References

• “Entry #26167”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.