辛酸淚

Chinese

		bitter; hardship; pain and suffering bitter; hardship; pain and suffering; cruelty	tears
trad. (辛酸淚)		辛酸	淚
simp. (辛酸泪)		辛酸	泪
Literally: “spicy and sour tears”.

Etymology

From Dream of the Red Chamber.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnsuānlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ syun¹ leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnsuānlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄢ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsuanlèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-suan¹-lei⁴
    • Yale: syīn-swān-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinsuanley
    • Palladius: синьсуаньлэй (sinʹsuanʹlɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ su̯än⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ syun¹ leoi⁶
    • Yale: sān syūn leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ syn¹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xun¹ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/

Noun

辛酸淚

1. (idiomatic) bitter tears (Classifier: 把)