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Jyutping taan3 sik1
Pinyin tàn xí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh
    (syn.) 打咳声, 嘆, 嘆氣, 咨嗟, 太息, 叹, 叹气, 吐氣, 打咳聲

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Jyutping taan3 sik1
Pinyin tàn xī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    嘆氣
    to sigh
  2. 參看
    歎息
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh
    (syn.) 打咳声, 嘆, 嘆氣, 咨嗟, 太息, 叹, 叹气, 吐氣, 打咳聲
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    要发生的已经发生了,你摇头叹息也没用。
    要發生的已經發生了,你搖頭嘆息也沒用。
    yào fā shēng de yǐ jīng fā shēng le , nǐ yáo tóu tàn xī yě méi yòng 。
    • What's happened has happened; there's no use in whining and complaining.
  2. Mandarin
    “我丢了钱包。”约翰叹息道。
    “我丟了錢包。”約翰嘆息道。
    “ wǒ diū le qián bāo 。” yuē hàn tàn xī dào 。
    • "I've lost my wallet," John sighed.
  3. Mandarin
    玛丽亚叹息。
    瑪麗亞嘆息。
    mǎ lì yà tàn xī 。
    • Mary's sighing.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    战争令到生命凋零,实在令人叹息。
    戰爭令到生命凋零,實在令人嘆息。
    zin3 zang1 ling6 dou3 sang1 ming1 diu1 ling4, sat6 zoi6 ling6 jan4 taan3 sik1.
    • Wars have led life to wither and fall. It is sad to look at it.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    宗教里的苦难既是现实的苦难的表现,又是对这种现实的苦难的抗议。宗教是被压迫生灵的叹息,是无情世界的感情,正像它是没有精神的制度的精神一样。宗教是人民的鸦片。
    宗教裏的苦難既是現實的苦難的表現,又是對這種現實的苦難的抗議。宗教是被壓迫生靈的嘆息,是無情世界的感情,正像它是沒有精神的制度的精神一樣。宗教是人民的鴉片。
    zōng jiào lǐ de kǔ nán jì shì xiàn shí de kǔ nán de biǎo xiàn , yòu shì duì zhè zhǒng xiàn shí de kǔ nán de kàng yì . zōng jiào shì bèi yā pò shēng líng de tàn xī , shì wú qíng shì jiè de gǎn qíng , zhèng xiàng tā shì méi yǒu jīng shén de zhì dù de jīng shén yī yàng . zōng jiào shì rén mín de yā piàn .
    • Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
  2. Mandarin
    心底的孤独和叹息
    心底的孤獨和嘆息
    xīn dǐ de gū dú hé tàn xī
    • endless sighs from lonely souls