Chinese Word Entry
柔腸寸斷Simplified Chinese form: 柔肠寸断
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | róu cháng cùn duàn |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | jau4 coeng4 cyun3 dyun6 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 柔 | tender, weakness, gentleness, softness, soft, gentle, pliant |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖㄡˊ (róu) |
| Cantonese: | jau4 |
| Japanese: | ジュウ (juu)、 ニュウ (nyuu) / やわ.らか (yawaraka)、 やわ.らかい (yawarakai)、 やわ (yawa)、 やわ.ら (yawara)、 やわらげる (yawarageru) |
| Korean: | 유 (yu) |
| Vietnamese: | nhu |
| 腸 | intestines, guts, bowels, viscera, emotions, sausage |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄔㄤˊ (cháng) |
| Cantonese: | coeng4 |
| Japanese: | チョウ (chou) / はらわた (harawata)、 わた (wata) |
| Korean: | 장 (jang) |
| Vietnamese: | tràng, trường |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 肠 |
| 寸 | measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small, inch, tiny, Kangxi radical 41 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄘㄨㄣˋ (cùn), ㄘㄨㄣˇ (cǔn) |
| Cantonese: | cyun3 |
| Japanese: | スン (sun)、 ソン (son) / はかる (hakaru)、 とき (toki)、 き (ki) |
| Korean: | 촌 (chon) |
| Vietnamese: | thốn |
| 斷 | sever, cut off, interrupt |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄨㄢˋ (duàn) |
| Cantonese: | dyun6 |
| Japanese: | ダン (dan) / た.つ (tatsu)、 ことわ.る (kotowaru)、 さだ.める (sadameru) |
| Korean: | 단 (dan) |
| Vietnamese: | đoạn, đoán |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 断 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 断 |