珠淚

珠淚

Chinese

		pearl; bead	tears
trad. (珠淚)		珠	淚
simp. (珠泪)		珠	泪
anagram		淚珠／泪珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ leoi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chu-lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhūlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juley
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhulèi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ leoi⁶
    • Yale: jyū leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ lêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zului
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³ lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/

Noun

珠淚

1. (literary or Min Nan) teardrop; teardrop like a bead
   • 1992, 鄭國江 (lyrics), “歸來吧”, in 歸來吧, performed by 陳慧嫻:

     月亮下　想到他　默默地　珠淚下 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     月亮下　想到他　默默地　珠泪下 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jyut⁶ loeng⁶ haa⁶; soeng² dou³ taa¹; mak⁶ mak⁶ dei⁶; zyu¹ leoi⁶ haa⁶ [Jyutping]

     Under the moonlight, my thoughts turn to him; Silently, my tears fall

Synonyms

• 淚珠／泪珠 (lèizhū)