殘念

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See also: 残念

Chinese

destroy; spoil; ruin
destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
 
to miss; to think of; to read
to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
 
trad. (殘念)
simp. (残念)

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 残念(ざんねん) (zannen).

Pronunciation


Adjective

殘念

  1. (neologism) still having lingering feelings for; unresigned; pitiable; regrettable

Interjection

殘念

  1. (neologism) bummer; too bad

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ざん
Hyōgai
ねん
Grade: 4
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 殘念 – see the following entry.
残念ざんねん
regretful
with connotations of pity, sadness, disappointment, and shame
with connotations of vexation or mortification (often used to end a sentence)
regret
(This term, 殘念, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)