嗟夫

Chinese

		sigh	husband; man
trad. (嗟夫)		嗟	夫
simp. ^#(嗟夫)		嗟	夫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēfú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ fu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiefú
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-fu²
  - Yale: jyē-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiefwu
  - Palladius: цзефу (czefu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ fu⁴
  - Yale: jē fùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ fu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/

Middle Chinese: tsjae bju

Rime
Character	嗟	夫
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子邪切	防無切
Baxter	tsjae	bju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sia/	/bɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sia/	/buə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sia/	/bio/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭa/	/bĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯a/	/bʱi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	fú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze¹	fu⁴

Interjection

嗟夫

(literary) alas; alack (placed sentence-initially)

Synonyms

嗟乎 (jiēhū)