默哀

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Chinese

		silent; write from memory	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
trad. (默哀)		默	哀
simp. ^#(默哀)		默	哀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mò'āi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ oi¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bia̍k-ai / be̍k-ai

(Teochew, Peng'im): mig⁸ ai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò'āi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò-ai
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-ai¹
  - Yale: mwò-āi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohai
  - Palladius: моай (moaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ oi¹
  - Yale: mahk ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ oi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k-ai
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍k-ai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biag'ay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² ai³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k-ai
  - Tâi-lô: bi̍k-ai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beg'ay
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² ai⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mig⁸ ai¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k ai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴⁻² ai³³/

Verb

默哀

to observe a moment of silence

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