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唉聲嘆氣
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heave deep sighs; moan and groan; sigh in despair Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2126 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th Jan 2008 23:42 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:唉 aai1 - (exclamation, sign in despair); alas聲 sing1 seng1 - sound; voice; declare; fame 嘆 taan3 - variant of 歎 氣 hei3 - gas; air; breath; anger |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).