憔悴

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Chinese

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haggard
haggard; sad; downcast
haggard; sad; downcast; distressed
 
simp. and trad.
(憔悴)
alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (15)
Final () (91) (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzjew dzwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇu/ /d͡ziuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjæu/ /d͡zjuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziaw/ /d͡zwiH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zuiH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛu/ /d͡zwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/ /d͡zʱwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiáo zuì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ciu4 zeoi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6356 17947
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zew/ /*zuds/

Adjective

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憔悴

  1. (of person) wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; emaciated
  2. (of plants) withered; wilted
  3. (literary, of person) weary; enervated

Synonyms

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Verb

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憔悴

  1. (literary) to suffer; to experience hardship; to languish; to be worried

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgai
すい
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

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Derived from Middle Chinese 憔悴 (MC dzjew dzwijH).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)(すい) (shōsuiせうすい (seusui)?

  1. weary; enervated

Verb

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(しょう)(すい)する (shōsui suruせうすい (seusui)?suru (stem (しょう)(すい) (shōsui shi), past (しょう)(すい)した (shōsui shita))

  1. to be weary; to be enervated

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN