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Chinese
Etymology
First attested in 811, in Goodbye to Penury (《送窮文》) by Han Yu (韓愈):
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
垂
|
頭
|
喪
|
氣
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
2/2
|
1/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
常 (25)
|
定 (7)
|
心 (16)
|
溪 (29)
|
| Final (韻)
|
支 (12)
|
侯 (137)
|
唐 (101)
|
微 (20)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
|
Departing (H)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Closed
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
I
|
I
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
是爲切
|
度侯切
|
蘇浪切
|
去旣切
|
| Baxter
|
dzywe
|
duw
|
sangH
|
khj+jH
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/d͡ʑiuᴇ/
|
/dəu/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰɨiH/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/d͡ʑʷiɛ/
|
/dəu/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰɨiH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/d͡ʑjuɛ/
|
/dəu/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰiəiH/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/d͡ʑwiə̆/
|
/dəw/
|
/saŋH/
|
/kʰɨjH/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʑiue/
|
/du/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰiəiH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ʑǐwe/
|
/dəu/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰĭəiH/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ʑwie̯/
|
/dʱə̯u/
|
/sɑŋH/
|
/kʰe̯iH/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
chuí
|
tóu
|
sàng
|
qì
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
seoi4
|
tau4
|
song3
|
hei3
|
Idiom
垂頭喪氣
- dispirited; dejected; frustrated
他受一點挫折就垂頭喪氣了。 [MSC, trad.]
他受一点挫折就垂头丧气了。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā shòu yīdiǎn cuòzhé jiù chuítóusàngqì le.
- He became frustrated after experiencing a little setback.
Synonyms