濺淚

Chinese

		splash	tears
trad. (濺淚)		濺	淚
simp. (溅泪)		溅	泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànlèi
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-lei⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannley
    • Palladius: цзяньлэй (czjanʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³ leoi⁶
    • Yale: jin leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ lɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjenH lwijH

Rime
Character	濺	淚
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子賤切	力遂切
Baxter	tsjenH	lwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇnH/	/liuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛnH/	/lʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjænH/	/ljuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sianH/	/lwiH/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛnH/	/luiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛnH/	/lwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛnH/	/lwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	lèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin3	leoi6

Verb

濺淚

1. to shed tears

   • 感時花濺淚，恨別鳥驚心。 [MSC, trad.]
     感时花溅泪，恨别鸟惊心。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 757, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 春望

     Gǎnshí huā jiànlèi, hèn bié niǎo jīngxīn. [Pinyin]

     Saddened by the changes that time has brought, the sight of flowers makes me shed tears; resentful of being forced to leave, the sound of birdsongs has my heart in shock.