索寞

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Chinese

to search; to demand; to ask
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
 
lonesome
trad. (索寞)
simp. #(索寞)
alternative forms 索莫
索漠

Pronunciation


Adjective

索寞

  1. (literary or Eastern Min) crestfallen; downcast; in low spirits
  2. (literary or Eastern Min) lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

Synonyms

  • (crestfallen):
  • (lonely):

References

  • (Eastern Min) R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin, S. H. Leger (1929) Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect, 3 edition, page 1461