默哀

默哀

Chinese

		silent; write from memory	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
simp. and trad. (默哀)		默	哀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò'āi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ oi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): bia̍k-ai / be̍k-ai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mò'āi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohai
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ oi¹
    • Yale: mahk ōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ oi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ oi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² ɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k-ai
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍k-ai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biag'ay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻²² aɪ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k-ai
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k-ai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beg'ay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² aɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ aɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

默哀

1. to observe a moment of silence