羨慕

See also: 羡慕

Chinese

		to envy	admire
trad. (羨慕)		羨	慕
simp. (羡慕)		羡	慕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiànmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian⁴ mo⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ mou⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên³ mu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siān-mō͘ / siān-bō͘ / soān-bō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁶ mo⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhi-mo; ⁶zhi-mu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànmù → xiànmu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ → ㄒㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄇㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànmů
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-mu⁵
    • Yale: syàn-mu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann.muh
    • Palladius: сяньму (sjanʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ mu¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xian⁴ mo⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xianmo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn²¹³ mo²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: sihn mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² mou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiên³ mu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /siɛn³¹ mu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-mō͘
    • Tâi-lô: siān-mōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnmo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² mɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: siān-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnbo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soān-bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: suān-bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaxnbo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suan²²⁻²¹ bɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang⁶ mo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iăng mŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ mo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhi-mo; ⁶zhi-mu
    • MiniDict: zhi^去 mo; zhi^去 mu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi-mo; ³xxi-mu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²² mo⁴⁴/, /ʑi²² mu⁴⁴/

Verb

羨慕

1. to envy; to be jealous of; to admire

Synonyms

• 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
• 妒嫉 (dùjí)
• 妒忌 (dùjì)
• 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
• 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
• 嫉妒 (jídù)
• 忌 (jì)
• 忌垢 (ji⁴ gou⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 忌妒 (jìdù)
• 怨妒 (Hokkien)
• 惡妒／恶妒 (Hokkien)
• 欣羨／欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 歆羨／歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目紅／目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 眼氣／眼气 (nie² qi³) (Jin)
• 眼紅／眼红 (yǎnhóng)
• 紅目／红目 (Hokkien)
• 葡萄 (pou⁴ tou⁴) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
• 豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
• 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羨慕):

• → Japanese: 羨慕(せんぼ) (senbo)
• → Korean: 선모(羨慕) (seonmo)
• → Vietnamese: tiện mộ (羨慕)

See also

• 佩服 (pèifú)