悵然

Chinese

		regretful; upset; despair regretful; upset; despair; depressed	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (悵然)		悵	然
simp. (怅然)		怅	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chàngrán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄖㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàngrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàngrán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-jan²
  - Yale: chàng-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqran
  - Palladius: чанжань (čanžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/

Adjective

悵然

(ideophonic) despondent; downhearted; unhappy or disappointed

Derived terms

悵然自失 / 怅然自失
悵然若失 / 怅然若失 (chàngránruòshī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悵	然
ちょう Hyōgai	ぜん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーぜん [chòózéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

悵(ちょう)然(ぜん) • (chōzen) ^{←ちやうぜん (tyauzen)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 悵(ちょう)然(ぜん)とした (chōzen to shita) or 悵(ちょう)然(ぜん)たる (chōzen taru), adverbial 悵(ちょう)然(ぜん)と (chōzen to) or 悵(ちょう)然(ぜん)として (chōzen to shite))

despondent; downhearted; unhappy or disappointed
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 31, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  もし私(わたくし)が彼(かれ)の知(し)っている通(とお)り昔(むかし)の人(ひと)を知(し)るならば、そんな攻撃(こうげき)はしないだろうといって悵然(ちょうぜん)としていました。
  Moshi watakushi ga kare no shitte iru tōri mukashi no hito o shiru naraba, sonna kōgeki wa shinai darō to itte chōzen to shite imashita.
  Perhaps if I knew the ancients as he did, I wouldn't attack him like this, he said despondently.

References

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

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

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