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嗟
[-]
Jyutping
ze1
Pinyin
jiē
Definitions (Unihan)
sigh, alas
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嗟
[-]
Jyutping
ze1
Pinyin
jiè
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
Only used in 咄嗟 (duōjiē, “in a short time”).
嗟
[-]
Jyutping
ze1
Pinyin
juē
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, literary
sigh; alas
嗟 [-]
Jyutping
Pinyin
jiē
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
sigh
also pr. [jue1]
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
我迟咗少少嗟,佢就喺度阿支阿左。
我遲咗少少嗟,佢就喺度阿支阿左。
ngo5 ci4 zo2 siu2 siu2 ze1, keoi5 zau6 hai2 dou6 aa3 zi1 aa3 zo1.
I was just a bit late, but then she kept complaining.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
孔子西行不到秦,掎摭星宿遗羲娥。嗟予好古生苦晚,对此涕泪双滂沱。
孔子西行不到秦,掎摭星宿遺羲娥。嗟予好古生苦晚,對此涕淚雙滂沱。
kǒng zǐ xī xíng bù dào qín , jǐ zhí xīng xiù yí xī é . jiē yú hào gǔ shēng kǔ wǎn , duì cǐ tì lèi shuāng pāng tuó .
Confucius journeyed in the west, but not to the Qin Kingdom,
He chose our planet and our stars but missed the sun and moon;
I who am fond of antiquity, was born too late,
And, thinking of these wonderful things, cannot hold back my tears...