嗟乎

嗟乎

Chinese

		sigh	(interrog. part.)
trad. (嗟乎)		嗟	乎
simp. #(嗟乎)		嗟	乎
alternative forms		嗟呼 嗟虖／嗟呼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiehu
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-hu¹
    • Yale: jyē-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehu
    • Palladius: цзеху (czexu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ fu⁴
    • Yale: jē fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sia  ɦuo/

Rime
Character	嗟	乎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	子邪切	戸吳切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sia/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sia/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sia/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sia/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/t͡sia/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭa/	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯a/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze1	wu4

Interjection

嗟乎

1. (literary) alas; alack (placed sentence-initially)

Synonyms

• 嗟夫 (jiēfú)