鎩羽

Chinese

		spear	feather
trad. (鎩羽)		鎩	羽
simp. (铩羽)		铩	羽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shayǔ
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-yü³
  - Yale: shā-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shayeu
  - Palladius: шаюй (šajuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ jyu⁵
  - Yale: saat yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jyː¹³/

Verb

鎩羽

to be despondent as one is unable to achieve one's ambitions

Derived terms

鎩羽而歸／铩羽而归 (shāyǔ'érguī)

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