腸斷

See also: 肠断

Chinese

		intestines	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (腸斷)		腸	斷
simp. (肠断)		肠	断
anagram		斷腸／断肠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ dyun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiông-toān / tiông-toǎn / chhiâng-toān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángduàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tuan⁴
    • Yale: cháng-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngduann
    • Palladius: чандуань (čanduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ dyun⁶
    • Yale: chèuhng dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-toān
    • Tâi-lô: tiông-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongdoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiông-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tiông-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâng-toān
    • Tâi-lô: tshiâng-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiangdoan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ¹³⁻²² tuan²²/

Verb

腸⫽斷 (subject-predicate)

1. (literary) to be heartbroken; to be sorrowful

   • 行宮見月傷心色，夜雨聞鈴腸斷聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     行宫见月伤心色，夜雨闻铃肠断声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 806, Bai Juyi (白居易),《長恨歌》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Xínggōng jiàn yuè shāngxīn sè, yèyǔ wén líng chángduàn shēng. [Pinyin]

     The moon viewed from his tent shed a soul-searing light; The bells heard in night rain made a heart-rending sound.

   • 腸斷白蘋洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肠断白𬞟洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9th century, Wen Tingyun (溫庭筠),《望江南》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Chángduàn báipín zhōu. [Pinyin]

     My heart breaks at the sight of the islet with duckweed white.

   • 腸斷竹馬兒童，空見說、三千樂指。 [Ci, trad.]
     肠断竹马儿童，空见说、三千乐指。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: c. 1297, Liu Chenweng (劉辰翁),《寶鼎現·春月》

     Chángduàn zhúmǎ értóng, kōng jiàn shuō, sānqiān yuèzhǐ. [Pinyin]

     Heartbroken children riding hobby horse have heard in vain: None of three thousand musical fingers remain.

   • 牢騷太盛防腸斷，風物長宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牢骚太盛防肠断，风物长宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1949 April 29, Mao Tse-tung (毛澤東),《七律·和柳亞子先生》, English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Láosāo tài shèng fáng chángduàn, fēngwù cháng yí fàngyǎn liáng. [Pinyin]

     Beware of heartbreak with grievance overfull, Range far your eye over long vistas.

Synonyms

• 斷腸／断肠 (duàncháng)
• 心碎 (xīnsuì)
• (Hokkien) 割吊