失意

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (失意)		失	意

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihyì
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-i⁴
    • Yale: shr̄-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyih
    • Palladius: шии (šii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ ji³
    • Yale: sāt yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-ì
    • Tâi-lô: sit-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sit'ix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹/

Adjective

失意

1. disappointed; frustrated

Synonyms

• (formal) 侘傺 (chàchì)

Antonyms

• 得意 (déyì)
• 得志 (dézhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	意
しつ Grade: 4	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しつい [shìtsúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• (Tokyo) しつい [shíꜜtsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡sɨi]

Noun

失(しつ)意(い) • (shitsui) ^{←しつい (situi)?}

1. despondency from failure

   失意(しつい)のどん底(そこ)

   shitsui no donsoko

   depths of despondency

References

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