辛酸

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (辛酸)		辛	酸
simp. #(辛酸)		辛	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ syun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-sôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-*sŏng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-soan / sin-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-suan¹
    • Yale: syīn-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsuan
    • Palladius: синьсуань (sinʹsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ syun¹
    • Yale: sān syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-sôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ son´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ son¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ son²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-*sŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵ souŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-soan
    • Tâi-lô: sin-suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sng
    • Tâi-lô: sin-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Adjective

辛酸

1. (figurative) bitter

Noun

辛酸

1. (figurative) hardship; pain and suffering; cruelty

Etymology 2

Noun

辛酸

1. (organic chemistry) caprylic acid