楚楚可憐

Chinese

		neat and tidy; delicate; dainty	to have pity on; to pity; pitiful to have pity on; to pity; pitiful; pitiable; poor
trad. (楚楚可憐)		楚楚	可憐
simp. (楚楚可怜)		楚楚	可怜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔchǔkělián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co² co² ho² lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔchǔkělián [Phonetic: chúchúkělián]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔchǔkělián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-chʻu³-kʻo³-lien²
    • Yale: chǔ-chǔ-kě-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuchuukeelian
    • Palladius: чучукэлянь (čučukɛljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co² co² ho² lin⁴
    • Yale: chó chó hó lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso² tso² ho² lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co² co² ho² lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵ liːn²¹/

Idiom

楚楚可憐

1. (of young women) delicate and charming
2. sad and pitiable