春意闌珊

See also: 春意阑珊

Chinese

		beginning or awakening of spring; the scent, scenes or feelings of spring	to weaken; to wane; to decline to weaken; to wane; to decline; scattered; disordered
trad. (春意闌珊)		春意	闌珊
simp. (春意阑珊)		春意	阑珊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnyìlánshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄧˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ ji³ laan⁴ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnyìlánshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄧˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunyìlánshan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-i⁴-lan²-shan¹
    • Yale: chwūn-yì-lán-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenyihlanshan
    • Palladius: чуньиланьшань (čunʹilanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ i⁵¹ län³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ ji³ laan⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: chēun yi làahn sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ ji³ laan⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ yi³ lan⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ jiː³³ laːn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

春意闌珊

1. spring is waning

   • 簾外雨潺潺，春意闌珊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     帘外雨潺潺，春意阑珊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 978, Li Yu, 《浪淘沙令·簾外雨潺潺》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Lián wài yǔ chánchán, chūnyìlánshān. [Pinyin]

     The curtain cannot keep out the patter of rain; Springtime is on the wane.