Chinese edit

haggard
 
haggard; sad; downcast
haggard; sad; downcast; distressed
simp. and trad.
(憔悴)
alternative forms

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (15)
Final () (91) (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzjew dzwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇu/ /d͡ziuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjæu/ /d͡zjuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziaw/ /d͡zwiH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zuiH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛu/ /d͡zwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/ /d͡zʱwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiáo zuì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ciu4 zeoi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6356 17947
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zew/ /*zuds/

Adjective edit

憔悴

  1. (of person) wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; emaciated
  2. (of plants) withered; wilted
  3. (literary, of person) weary; enervated

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

憔悴

  1. (literary) to suffer; to experience hardship; to languish; to be worried

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しょう
Hyōgaiji
すい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Derived from Middle Chinese 憔悴 (MC dzjew dzwijH).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しょう)(すい) (shōsuiせうすい (seusui)?

  1. weary; enervated

Verb edit

(しょう)(すい)する (shōsui suruせうすい (seusui)?suru (stem (しょう)(すい) (shōsui shi), past (しょう)(すい)した (shōsui shita))

  1. to be weary; to be enervated

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN