憔悴

憔悴

1. (of person) wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; emaciated

   • 衣帶漸寬終不悔，為伊銷得人憔悴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     衣带渐宽终不悔，为伊销得人憔悴。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 11th century, Liu Yong, Lyrics to the Melody of Butterflies Chasing Flowers (蝶戀花)

     Yīdài jiàn kuān zhōng bù huǐ, wèi yī xiāo dé rén qiáocuì. [Pinyin]

     Becoming loose are my clothes yet I regret not,
     For I languish and suffer for her willingly.

   • 2018, 陳百潭, “醉萬年”‎^[1]performed by 陳百潭:

     是為著彼段開花無結果的戀夢塊失落憔悴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     是为着彼段开花无结果的恋梦块失落憔悴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     sī ūi-tio̍h hit tōaⁿ khui-hoe bô kiat-kó ê loân-bāng teh sit-lo̍h chhiâu-chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     It's because of that dream of love where flowers bloomed but fruits were not borne, that I'm being depressed and haggard

2. (of plants) withered; wilted
3. (literary, of person) weary; enervated

• (wan and sallow): 㾪妍
• (withered): (literary) 枯索 (kūsuǒ), 枯萎 (kūwěi)

憔悴

1. (literary) to suffer; to experience hardship; to languish; to be worried

   • 民之憔悴於虐政，未有甚於此時者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民之憔悴于虐政，未有甚于此时者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Mín zhī qiáocuì yú nüèzhèng, wèi yǒu shèn yú cǐshí zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     Never was there a time when the sufferings of the people from tyrannical government were more intense than the present.

Derived from Middle Chinese 憔悴 (MC dzjew dzwijH).

• (Tokyo) しょーすい [shòósúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːsɨi]

憔(しょう)悴(すい) • (shōsui) ^{←せうすい (seusui)?}

1. weary; enervated

憔(しょう)悴(すい)する • (shōsui suru) ^{←せうすい (seusui)?}suru (stem 憔(しょう)悴(すい)し (shōsui shi), past 憔(しょう)悴(すい)した (shōsui shita))

1. to be weary; to be enervated

• “^▲憔^▲悴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026