懊惱

See also: 懊恼

Chinese

		to regret	get mad
trad. (懊惱)		懊	惱
simp. (懊恼)		懊	恼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àonǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ nou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): au-nau
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àu-náu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹au-nau₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àonǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àonǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴-nao³
    • Yale: àu-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awnao
    • Palladius: аонао (aonao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³ nou⁵
    • Yale: ou nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³ nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ nou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: au-nau
    • Hakka Romanization System: au nau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: au⁴ nau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /au̯⁵⁵ nau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu-náu
    • Tâi-lô: àu-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aonao
    • IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹⁻⁵³ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au²¹⁻⁴¹ nãu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²¹⁻⁵³ nãu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹au-nau₆
    • MiniDict: au^平 nau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹au-nau₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ⁵⁵ nɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'awX nawX

Rime
Character	懊	惱
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏晧切	奴晧切
Baxter	'awX	nawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawX/	/nawX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǎo	nǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou2	nou5

Adjective

懊惱

1. upset; vexed; annoyed
2. (Northern Wu) regretful; remorseful

Synonyms

(upset):

• 煩惱／烦恼 (fánnǎo)

(regretful, remorseful):

Dialectal synonyms of 後悔 (“to regret”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		後悔, 懊悔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	後悔
	Taiwan	後悔
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	後悔
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	後悔
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	後悔
	Wanrong	悔, 後悔
	Xi'an	後悔
	Xining	後悔
	Xuzhou	後悔
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	失悔, 打失悔, 後悔
	Wuhan	失悔
	Liuzhou	拍大腿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	後悔
	Yangzhou	懊悔
	Hefei	懊悔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	後悔
	Hong Kong	後悔
	Dongguan	後悔
	Yangjiang	疏, 後悔
Gan	Nanchang	後悔, 悔
Hakka	Meixian	後悔
	Yudu	倒悔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	後悔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	後悔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	後悔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	後悔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	後悔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	後悔
Huizhou	Jixi	後悔
Jin	Taiyuan	後悔
	Xinzhou	發悔
Northern Min	Jian'ou	悔氣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退悔
Southern Min	Xiamen	後悔, 反悔
	Quanzhou	後悔
	Zhangzhou	後悔
	Manila (Hokkien)	後悔, 反悔
	Chaozhou	後悔
	Jieyang	想往
	Leizhou	怨悔
Wu	Shanghai	懊憦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	懊憦
	Suzhou	懊憦, 懊門痛
	Danyang	懊憦
	Hangzhou	悔
	Wenzhou	悔, 打悔心, 後悔
Xiang	Changsha	後悔, 失悔
	Shuangfeng	悔想