送別

See also: 送别

Chinese

		to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (送別)		送	別
simp. (送别)		送	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sòngbié

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung³ bit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sung-phe̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòng-pia̍t / sàng-pia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sòngbié
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sòngbié
    • Wade–Giles: sung⁴-pieh²
    • Yale: sùng-byé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sonqbye
    • Palladius: сунбе (sunbe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung³ bit⁶
    • Yale: sung biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung³ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung³ bid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³³ piːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sung-phe̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sung ped
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sung⁴ ped⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /suŋ⁵⁵ pʰet̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sòng-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorngpiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛt̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàng-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sàng-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarngpiat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: suwngH bjet

Rime
Character	送	別
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇弄切	皮列切
Baxter	suwngH	bjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suŋH/	/bˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/suŋH/	/bᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/suŋH/	/biæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səwŋH/	/biat̚/
Li Rong	/suŋH/	/bjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/suŋH/	/bĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/suŋH/	/bʱi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sòng	bié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung3	bit6

Verb

送別

1. to see someone off; to farewell
2. to pay one's last respects; to attend a burial

Synonyms

• (to see someone off):

• 告別／告别 (gàobié)
• 告辭／告辞 (gàocí)
• 告退 (gàotuì) (literary)
• 拜別／拜别 (bàibié) (literary, polite)
• 拜辭／拜辞 (bàicí) (literary, polite)
• 相辭／相辞 (Hokkien)
• 辭別／辞别 (cíbié) (literary)
• 辭行／辞行 (cíxíng)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to see someone off”): 會合／会合 (huìhé)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
送	別
そう Grade: 3	べつ Grade: 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ːbe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

送(そう)別(べつ) • (sōbetsu) 

1. farewell, send-off