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悲慘

悲慘

See also: 悲惨

Chinese

		sad; sadness; sorrow sad; sadness; sorrow; grief	miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic
trad. (悲慘)		悲	慘
simp. (悲惨)		悲	惨

Adjective

悲慘

(Advanced Mandarin) miserable; tragic

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bēicǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟㄘㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹ caam²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pî-chhám
Min Nan (POJ): pi-chhám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bēicǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟㄘㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beitsaan
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei¹ caam²
  - Yale: bēi cháam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹ tsaam²
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑːm³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-chhám
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi´ cam`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ cam³
  - IPA: /pi²⁴ t͡sʰam³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi-chhám
  - Tâi-lô: pi-tshám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pizharm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi³³ t͡sʰam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰam⁴¹/