鎩羽

Chinese

		spear	feather
trad. (鎩羽)		鎩	羽
simp. (铩羽)		铩	羽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shayǔ
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-yü³
    • Yale: shā-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shayeu
    • Palladius: шаюй (šajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ jyu⁵
    • Yale: saat yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jyː¹³/

Verb

鎩羽

1. to be despondent as one is unable to achieve one's ambitions

Derived terms

• 鎩羽而歸 / 铩羽而归 (shāyǔ'érguī)