涕零

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Chinese

		nasal mucus; tears	remnant; zero; to fall
trad. (涕零)		涕	零
simp. ^#(涕零)		涕	零

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tìlíng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ ling⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìlíng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ling²
  - Yale: tì-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihling
  - Palladius: тилин (tilin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai³ ling⁴
  - Yale: tai lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei³ ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ lɪŋ²¹/

Verb

涕零

(literary) to shed tears; to weep; (originally of tears) to flow down
- 心之憂矣，其毒大苦。念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  心之忧矣，其毒大苦。念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, qí dú dà kǔ. Niàn bǐ gōngrén, tìlíng rú yǔ.
  My heart is sad;
  The poison is too bitter.
  I think of those in their offices,
  And my tears flow down like rain.

Derived terms

感激涕零 (gǎnjītìlíng)

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