送別

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See also: 送别

Chinese

		to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (送別)		送	別
simp. (送别)		送	别

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sòngbié

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sung³ bit⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sung-phe̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòng-pia̍t / sàng-pia̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sòngbié
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sòngbié
  - Wade–Giles: sung⁴-pieh²
  - Yale: sùng-byé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqbye
  - Palladius: сунбе (sunbe)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sung³ bit⁶
  - Yale: sung biht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sung³ bit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sung³ bid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³³ piːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sung-phe̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: sung ped
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sung⁴ ped⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /suŋ⁵⁵ pʰet̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng-pia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sòng-pia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sorngpiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛt̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-pia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sàng-pia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sarngpiat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: suwngH bjet

Rime
Character	送	別
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇弄切	皮列切
Baxter	suwngH	bjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suŋ^H/	/bˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/suŋ^H/	/bᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/suŋ^H/	/biæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səwŋ^H/	/biat̚/
Li Rong	/suŋ^H/	/bjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/suŋ^H/	/bĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/suŋ^H/	/bʱi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sòng	bié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung³	bit⁶

Verb

送別

to see someone off; to farewell
to pay one's last respects; to attend a burial

Synonyms

(to see someone off):

告別／告别 (gàobié)
告辭／告辞 (gàocí)
告退 (gàotuì) (literary)
拜別／拜别 (bàibié) (literary, polite)
拜辭／拜辞 (bàicí) (literary, polite)
相辭／相辞 (Hokkien)
辭別／辞别 (cíbié) (literary)
辭行／辞行 (cíxíng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to see someone off”): 會合／会合 (huìhé)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
送	別
そう Grade: 3	べつ Grade: 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

送(そう)別(べつ) • (sōbetsu)

farewell, send-off

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