涕泗滂沱

Chinese

	tears and mucus	pouring; torrential; raining heavily
simp. and trad. (涕泗滂沱)	涕泗	滂沱
alternative forms	涕泗滂沲
Literally: “streaming tears and running nose”.

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 145 (《詩經·陳風·澤陂》):

有美一人，傷如之何。
寤寐無為，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

有美一人，伤如之何。
寤寐无为，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yǒu měi yīrén, shāng rúzhīhé.
Wùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]

There is the beautiful lady; I am tortured for her, but what avails it?
Waking or sleeping, I do nothing; From my eyes and nose the water streams.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tìsìpāngtuó, tìsìpángtuó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤㄊㄨㄛˊ, ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìsìpāngtuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìsìhpangtuó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴-pʻang¹-tʻo²
  - Yale: tì-sz̀-pāng-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhpangtwo
  - Palladius: тисыпанто (tisypanto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tìsìpángtuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄆㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tìsìhpángtuó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴-pʻang²-tʻo²
  - Yale: tì-sz̀-páng-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tihsyhparngtwo
  - Palladius: тисыпанто (tisypanto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹ pʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
  - Yale: tai si pòhng tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai³ si³ pong⁴ to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei³ xi³ pong⁴ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³³ siː³³ pʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔː²¹/

Idiom

涕泗滂沱

to weep profusely

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.