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憐憫

憐憫

See also: 怜悯

Chinese

		to pity	sympathize; to pity
trad. (憐憫)		憐	憫
simp. (怜悯)		怜	悯
alt. forms		憐閔／怜闵憐愍／怜愍

Verb

憐憫

(literary) to take pity on; to have pity on

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liánmǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ man⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lìn-mén
Min Nan (POJ): lîn-bín / liân-bín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liánmǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianmiin
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ man⁵
  - Yale: lìhn máhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ man⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ mɐn¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìn-mén
  - Hakka Romanization System: linˇ men`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lin² men³
  - IPA: /lin¹¹ men³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-bín / liân-bín
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-bín / liân-bín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linbien, lienbien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² bin⁵³/, /liɛn²⁴⁻²² bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² bin⁵⁵⁴/, /liɛn²⁴⁻²² bin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² bin⁵³/, /liɛn¹³⁻²² bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ bin⁵³/, /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³⁻³³ bin⁴¹/, /liɛn²³⁻³³ bin⁴¹/