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慘事

慘事

See also: 惨事

Chinese

		miserable; wretched; cruel miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; seriously; badly; tragic	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (慘事)		慘	事
simp. (惨事)		惨	事

Noun

慘事

A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury; a tragedy

Etymology

contraction of 悲慘 (tragic) + 事情 (event)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cǎnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam² si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cǎnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaanshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam² si⁶
  - Yale: cháam sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam² si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːm³⁵ siː²²/