煢煢孑立
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]solitary; lonely; all alone | to be alone; to stand in isolation | ||
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trad. (煢煢孑立) | 煢煢 | 孑立 | |
simp. (茕茕孑立) | 茕茕 | 孑立 | |
alternative forms | 㷀㷀孑立 惸惸孑立 睘睘孑立 嬛嬛孑立 |
Etymology
[edit]The ideophonic component 煢煢 has been attested in various forms, e.g. 睘睘 (OC *ɡʷeŋ ɡʷeŋ), as early as the Book of Poetry. One of the earliest idiomatic attestation was in a fu composition by Zhang Heng (《思玄賦》, "Deep Contemplations"):
As chengyu it was arguably popularised with the publication of Li Mi's petition to the Emperor Wu of Jin [267]:
- 外無期功強近之親,內無應門五尺之僮;煢煢孑立,形影相弔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 267, Li Mi, A Petition Regarding My True Circumstances (《陳情表》)
- Wài wú jīgōng qiǎngjìn zhī qīn, nèi wú yìngmén wǔchǐ zhī tóng; qióngqióng jiélì, xíngyǐng xiàngdiào. [Pinyin]
- Outside there is none I may venture to call a relative, and inside there is not even a servant boy to help. A complete isolation is my existence; only my figure and its shadow console each other.
外无期功强近之亲,内无应门五尺之僮;茕茕孑立,形影相吊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcyóngjiélì
- Wade–Giles: chʻiung2-chʻiung2-chieh2-li4
- Yale: chyúng-chyúng-jyé-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongchyongjyelih
- Palladius: цюнцюнцзели (cjuncjunczeli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: king4 king4 kit3 laap6
- Yale: kìhng kìhng kit laahp
- Cantonese Pinyin: king4 king4 kit8 laap9
- Guangdong Romanization: king4 king4 kid3 lab6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹ kʰiːt̚³ laːp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: gjwieng gjwieng kjet lip
Idiom
[edit]煢煢孑立
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