憐憫

See also: 怜悯

Chinese
to pity sympathize; to pity
trad. (憐憫) 憐 憫
simp. (怜悯) 怜 悯
alternative forms 憐閔／怜闵
憐愍／怜愍
憐湣／怜湣

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 憐 憫
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 落賢切 眉殞切
Baxter len minX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /len/ /mˠiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /len/ /mᵚinX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛn/ /mienX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛn/ /mjinX/
Li
Rong		 /len/ /mjĕnX/
Wang
Li		 /lien/ /mǐĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lien/ /mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lián mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 lin4 man5

Verb

憐憫

  1. to take pity on; to have pity on
    我不需要別人的憐憫。 [MSC, trad.]
    我不需要别人的怜悯。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bù xūyào biérén de liánmǐn. [Pinyin]
    I don't need other people's pity.

Synonyms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (憐憫):
  • → Japanese: 憐憫(れんびん) (renbin)
  • → Korean: 연민(憐憫) (yeonmin)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
憐 憫
れん
Jinmeiyō		 びん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
憐愍

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) れんびん [rèńbíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾẽ̞mbʲĩɴ]

Noun

憐(れん)憫(びん) • (renbin) 

  1. pity; compassion; mercy

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
憐憫

Noun

憐憫 • (yeonmin) (hangeul 연민)

  1. Hanja form? of 연민 (“sympathy; compassion; pity”).
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