疏遠

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See also: 疏远 and 疎遠

Chinese

		negligent; sparse; thin	far; distant; remote
trad. (疏遠)		疏	遠
simp. (疏远)		疏	远

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūyuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄩㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ jyun⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-oán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūyuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuyuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-yüan³
  - Yale: shū-ywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuyeuan
  - Palladius: шуюань (šujuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so¹ jyun⁵
  - Yale: sō yúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ jyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹ yun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ jyːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-oán
  - Tâi-lô: soo-uán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: so'oarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ uan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan⁴¹/

Adjective

疏遠

estranged; alienated

Synonyms

生疏 (shēngshū)

Verb

疏遠

to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (疏遠):

→ Japanese: 疎(そ)遠(えん) (soen)
→ Korean: 소원(疏遠) (sowon)

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