羨餘

Chinese

		to envy	remainder
trad. (羨餘)		羨	餘
simp. (羡余)		羡	余

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànyú
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-yü²
    • Yale: syàn-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannyu
    • Palladius: сяньюй (sjanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: sihn yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jyː²¹/

Verb

羨餘

1. (literary) to be in surplus

Noun

羨餘

1. (literary, historical) additional tributes paid by local officials to the Imperial Court in the name of “local tax surplus”

Adjective

羨餘

1. (attributive) surplus; redundant