殘念

See also: 残念

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
trad. (殘念)		殘	念
simp. (残念)		残	念

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 残念(ざんねん) (zannen).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánniàn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cánniàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cánniàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-nien⁴
  - Yale: tsán-nyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnniann
  - Palladius: цаньнянь (canʹnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/

Adjective

殘念

(neologism) still having lingering feelings for; unresigned; pitiable; regrettable

Interjection

殘念

(neologism) bummer; too bad

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殘	念
ざん Hyōgai	ねん Grade: 4
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 殘念 – see the following entry.

【残念ざんねん】

[adjective] regretful

[adjective] with connotations of pity, sadness, disappointment, and shame

[adjective] with connotations of vexation or mortification (often used to end a sentence)

[noun] regret

(This term, 殘念, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)