憐憫

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See also: 怜悯

Chinese

to pity sympathize; to pity
trad. (憐憫) 憐 憫
simp. (怜悯) 怜 悯
alternative forms 憐閔／怜闵
憐愍／怜愍
憐湣／怜湣

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 憐 憫
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 落賢切 眉殞切
Baxter len minX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/len/ /mˠiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/len/ /mᵚinX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛn/ /mienX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛn/ /mjinX/
Li
Rong 		/len/ /mjĕnX/
Wang
Li 		/lien/ /mǐĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lien/ /mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lián mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lin4 man5

Verb

憐憫

  1. to take pity on; to have pity on
    我不需要別人的憐憫。 [MSC, trad.]
    我不需要别人的怜悯。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bù xūyào biérén de liánmǐn.
    I don't need other people's pity.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (憐憫):
  • → Japanese: 憐憫(れんびん) (renbin)
  • → Korean: 연민(憐憫) (yeonmin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憐 憫
れん
Jinmeiyō 		びん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
憐愍

Pronunciation

Noun

憐(れん)憫(びん) • (renbin) 

  1. pity; compassion; mercy

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
憐憫

Noun

憐憫 • (yeonmin) (hangeul 연민)

  1. hanja form? of 연민 (“sympathy; compassion; pity”)
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