楚楚可憐

Chinese

		neat and tidy; delicate; dainty	to have pity on; to pity; pitiful to have pity on; to pity; pitiful; pitiable; poor
trad. (楚楚可憐)		楚楚	可憐
simp. (楚楚可怜)		楚楚	可怜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǔchǔkělián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co² co² ho² lin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔchǔkělián [Phonetic: chúchúkělián]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔchǔkělián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu³-chʻu³-kʻo³-lien²
  - Yale: chǔ-chǔ-kě-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuchuukeelian
  - Palladius: чучукэлянь (čučukɛljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co² co² ho² lin⁴
  - Yale: chó chó hó lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso² tso² ho² lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: co² co² ho² lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ hɔː³⁵ liːn²¹/

Idiom

楚楚可憐

(of young women) delicate and charming
sad and pitiable

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