嗟夫

Chinese

		sigh	husband; man
trad. (嗟夫)		嗟	夫
simp. #(嗟夫)		嗟	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiefú
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-fu²
    • Yale: jyē-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiefwu
    • Palladius: цзефу (czefu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ fu⁴
    • Yale: jē fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjae bju

Rime
Character	嗟	夫
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子邪切	防無切
Baxter	tsjae	bju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sia/	/bɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sia/	/buə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭa/	/bĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯a/	/bʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze1	fu4

Interjection

嗟夫

1. (literary) alas; alack (placed sentence-initially)

Synonyms

• 嗟乎 (jiēhū)