腸斷

See also: 肠断

Chinese edit

	intestines	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (腸斷)	腸	斷
simp. (肠断)	肠	断
anagram	斷腸／断肠

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ dyun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiông-toān / tiông-toǎn / chhiâng-toān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángduàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tuan⁴
  - Yale: cháng-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngduann
  - Palladius: чандуань (čanduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ dyun⁶
  - Yale: chèuhng dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-toān
  - Tâi-lô: tiông-tuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: tiông-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâng-toān
  - Tâi-lô: tshiâng-tuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiangdoan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ¹³⁻²² tuan²²/

Verb edit

腸⫽斷 (subject-predicate)

(literary) to be heartbroken; to be sorrowful
- 行宮見月傷心色，夜雨聞鈴腸斷聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  行宫见月伤心色，夜雨闻铃肠断声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 806, Bai Juyi (白居易),《長恨歌》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Xínggōng jiàn yuè shāngxīn sè, yèyǔ wén líng chángduàn shēng. [Pinyin]
  The moon viewed from his tent shed a soul-searing light; The bells heard in night rain made a heart-rending sound.
- 腸斷白蘋洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  肠断白𬞟洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 9th century, Wen Tingyun (溫庭筠),《望江南》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Chángduàn báipín zhōu. [Pinyin]
  My heart breaks at the sight of the islet with duckweed white.
- 腸斷竹馬兒童，空見說、三千樂指。 [Ci, trad.]
  肠断竹马儿童，空见说、三千乐指。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. 1297, Liu Chenweng (劉辰翁),《寶鼎現·春月》
  Chángduàn zhúmǎ értóng, kōng jiàn shuō, sānqiān yuèzhǐ. [Pinyin]
  Heartbroken children riding hobby horse have heard in vain: None of three thousand musical fingers remain.
- 牢騷太盛防腸斷，風物長宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  牢骚太盛防肠断，风物长宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1949 April 29, Mao Tse-tung (毛澤東),《七律·和柳亞子先生》, English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Láosāo tài shèng fáng chángduàn, fēngwù cháng yí fàngyǎn liáng. [Pinyin]
  Beware of heartbreak with grievance overfull, Range far your eye over long vistas.

Synonyms edit

斷腸／断肠 (duàncháng)
心碎 (xīnsuì)
(Hokkien) 割吊