垂淚

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	tears
trad. (垂淚)		垂	淚
simp. (垂泪)		垂	泪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuílèi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ leoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuílèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéilèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-lei⁴
  - Yale: chwéi-lèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiley
  - Palladius: чуйлэй (čujlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ leoi⁶
  - Yale: sèuih leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ loey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ lêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ lɵy̯²²/

Verb

垂淚

(literary) to shed tears; to weep
- 垂淚對宮娥！ [Ci, trad.]
  垂泪对宫娥！ [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. 976, Li Yu (李煜),《破陣子·四十年來家國》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Chuílèi duì gōng'é! [Pinyin]
  And I shed tears before my palace maid!

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