失意

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Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (失意)		失	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīyì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ ji³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihyì
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-i⁴
  - Yale: shr̄-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyih
  - Palladius: шии (šii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    失意
    失憶／失忆
    詩意／诗意
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ ji³
  - Yale: sāt yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-ì
  - Tâi-lô: sit-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sit'ix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/

Adjective

失意

disappointed; frustrated

Synonyms

(formal) 侘傺 (chàchì)

Antonyms

得意 (déyì)
得志 (dézhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	意
しつ Grade: 4	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しつい (Nakadaka – )
(Tokyo) しつい (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

失(しつ)意(い) • (shitsui) ^{←しつい (situi)^?}

despondency from failure
失意(しつい)のどん底(そこ)
shitsui no donsoko
depths of despondency

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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