興嘆

See also: 兴叹

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	to sigh
trad. (興嘆/興歎)		興	嘆/歎
simp. (兴叹)		兴	叹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ taan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): heng-thàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singtàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: syīng-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingtann
    • Palladius: синтань (sintanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ taan³
    • Yale: hīng taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-thàn
    • Tâi-lô: hing-thàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengtaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ tʰan⁴¹/

Verb

興嘆

1. to heave a sigh; to lament; to bemoan

Synonyms

• 嗟嘆／嗟叹 (jiētàn) (literary)
• 嘆惜／叹惜 (tànxī)
• 慨嘆／慨叹 (kǎitàn)
• 感嘆／感叹 (gǎntàn)
• 慷慨 (kāngkǎi) (Classical Chinese)
• 道嘆／道叹 (Hakka)