慘烈

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	ardent; intense; split ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
trad. (慘烈)		慘	烈
simp. (惨烈)		惨	烈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎnliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² lit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhám-lia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎnliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎnliè
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan³-lieh⁴
    • Yale: tsǎn-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanlieh
    • Palladius: цаньле (canʹle)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam² lit⁶
    • Yale: cháam liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam² lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm³⁵ liːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhám-lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tshám-lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafmliat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛt̚⁴/

Adjective

慘烈

1. (of scene, etc.) extremely tragic; wretched
2. (of death, etc.) heroic; brave
3. (of fighting, etc.) fierce; bitter