憔悴

Chinese

haggard
 
haggard; sad; downcast; distressed
simp. and trad.
(憔悴)
alt. forms
 
蕉萃
癄瘁
顦顇
顦悴
憔瘁
憔顇

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (15)
Final () (91) (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇu/ /d͡ziuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjæu/ /d͡zjuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziaw/ /d͡zwiH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛu/ /d͡zuiH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛu/ /d͡zwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛu/ /d͡zʱwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiáo zuì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6356 17947
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zew/ /*zuds/

Adjective

憔悴

  1. (of a person) wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; emaciated
    From: 11th century, Ouyang Xiu, Lyrics to the Melody of Butterflies Chasing Flowers (蝶戀花)
    Yīdài jiàn kuān zhōng bù huǐ, wèi yī xiāo dé rén qiáocuì. [Pinyin]
    Becoming loose are my clothes yet I regret not,
    For I languish and suffer for her willingly.
  2. (of plants) withered; wilted
  3. (literary, of a person) weary; enervated

Verb

憔悴

  1. (literary) to suffer; to experience hardship; to languish; to be worried
    From: Mengzi (Mencius), circa 4th century BCE
    Mín zhī qiáocuì yú nüèzhèng, wèi yǒu shèn yú cǐshí zhě yě. [Pinyin]
    Never was there a time when the sufferings of the people from tyrannical government were more intense than the present.

Derived terms

  • 形容憔悴
  • 買憔悴买憔悴
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