珠淚

Chinese

		pearl; bead	tears
trad. (珠淚)		珠	淚
simp. (珠泪)		珠	泪
anagram		淚珠／泪珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūlèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹ leoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu-lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūlèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhulèi
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹-lei⁴
    • Yale: jū-lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juley
    • Palladius: чжулэй (čžulɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹ leoi⁶
    • Yale: jyū leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-lūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zului
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lui³³/

Noun

珠淚

1. (literary or Southern Min) teardrop; teardrop like a bead
   • 1992, “歸來吧”, in 鄭國江 (lyrics), 歸來吧‎^[1], performed by 陳慧嫻:

     月亮下　想到他　默默地　珠淚下 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     月亮下　想到他　默默地　珠泪下 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jyut⁶ loeng⁶ haa⁶, soeng² dou³ taa¹, mak⁶ mak⁶ dei⁶, zyu¹ leoi⁶ haa⁶ [Jyutping]

     Under the moonlight, my thoughts turn to him; Silently, my tears fall

   • 1994, “心愛的甭哭”, in 王月娛 (lyrics), 歡喜就好‎^[2], performed by 陳雷:

     看著你滿面的珠淚　我的心肝強要碎 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     看着你满面的珠泪　我的心肝强要碎 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     khòaⁿ-tio̍h lí móa-bīn ê -chu-lūi, góa ê sim-koaⁿ kiông-beh chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Having seen the tears on your face, my heart is almost shattered

Synonyms

• 淚珠／泪珠 (lèizhū)