柔腸寸斷

Chinese

		tender feelings	to be broken up into small pieces
trad. (柔腸寸斷)		柔腸	寸斷
simp. (柔肠寸断)		柔肠	寸断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róuchángcùnduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coeng⁴ cyun³ dyun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róuchángcùnduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róuchángcùnduàn
  - Wade–Giles: jou²-chʻang²-tsʻun⁴-tuan⁴
  - Yale: róu-cháng-tswùn-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roucharngtsuennduann
  - Palladius: жоучанцуньдуань (žoučancunʹduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ coeng⁴ cyun³ dyun⁶
  - Yale: yàuh chèuhng chyun dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoeng⁴ tsyn³ dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ cêng⁴ qun³ dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn³³ tyːn²²/

Idiom

柔腸寸斷

to be heartbroken; to be grief-stricken

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