含淚

含淚

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	tears
trad. (含淚)		含	淚
simp. (含泪)		含	泪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ leoi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hâm-lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hánlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnley
    • IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ leoi⁶
    • Yale: hàhm leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ lêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ lɵy̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâm-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: hâm-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamlui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham²⁴⁻²² lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham¹³⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham²⁴⁻¹¹ lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham²³⁻³³ lui³³/

Verb

含淚

1. to have tears in one's eyes; to be teary-eyed

   • 當天她伸嘴吻著我嘴　今天空虛使我夜半含淚 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     当天她伸嘴吻著我嘴　今天空虚使我夜半含泪 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 鐘鎮濤 (lyricist 林敏驄), 《淚之旅》

     dong¹ tin¹ taa¹ san¹ zeoi² man⁵ zoek³ ngo⁵ zeoi²; gam¹ tin¹ hung¹ heoi¹ sai² ngo⁵ je⁶ bun³ ham⁴ leoi⁶ [Jyutping]

     Those days, she brought her lips close and kissed mine, and today, emptiness makes me weep in the middle of the night