扼腕

Chinese

		hold (strategic position)	wrist
trad. (扼腕)		扼	腕
simp. ^#(扼腕)		扼	腕
alternative forms		扼捥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): èwàn

(Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ wun², aak¹ wun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: èwàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: èwàn
  - Wade–Giles: o⁴-wan⁴
  - Yale: è-wàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehwann
  - Palladius: эвань (evanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ak¹ wun², aak¹ wun²
  - Yale: āk wún, āak wún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ wun², aak⁷ wun²
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ wun², ag¹ wun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ wuːn³⁵/, /aːk̚⁵ wuːn³⁵/

Verb

扼腕

(literary) to wring one's hands (with enthusiasm, disappointment, indignation, etc.)

Derived terms

令人扼腕
偏袒扼腕
扼腕嘆息／扼腕叹息
扼腕抵掌
扼腕興嗟／扼腕兴嗟
扼腕長嘆／扼腕长叹
攘袂扼腕
瞋目扼腕

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