唏噓

Chinese

		sound of sobbing	exhale; hiss
trad. (唏噓)		唏	噓
simp. (唏嘘)		唏	嘘
variant forms		欷噓／欷嘘欷歔欷吁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīxū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ heoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄒㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sisyu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ heoi¹
  - Yale: hēi hēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ hêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

唏噓

(literary, onomatopoeia) to sigh; to sob

Derived terms

不勝唏噓／不胜唏嘘

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