花有重開日，人無再少年

See also: 花有重开日，人无再少年

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	open; operate (vehicle); start	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)		man; person; people	not have	again; once more; next in sequence again; once more; next in sequence; another	early youth; juvenile; youngster
trad. (花有重開日，人無再少年)		花	有	重	開	日	，	人	無	再	少年
simp. (花有重开日，人无再少年)		花	有	重	开	日	，	人	无	再	少年

Etymology

Typically attributed to Guan Hanqing (playwright and poet in the Yuan Dynasty).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huā yǒu chóng kāi rì, rén wú zài shàonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄞ ㄖˋ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ jau⁵ cung⁴ hoi¹ jat⁶, jan⁴ mou⁴ zoi³ siu³ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huā yǒu chóng kāi rì, rén wú zài shàonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄞ ㄖˋ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua yǒu chóng kai rìh, rén wú zài shàonián
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹ yu³ chʻung² kʻai¹ jih⁴, jên² wu² tsai⁴ shao⁴-nien²
    • Yale: hwā yǒu chúng kāi r̀-, rén wú dzài shàu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua yeou chorng kai ryh, ren wu tzay shawnian
    • Palladius: хуа ю чун кай жи, жэнь у цзай шаонянь (xua ju čun kaj ži, žɛnʹ u czaj šaonjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ u³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ jau⁵ cung⁴ hoi¹ jat⁶, jan⁴ mou⁴ zoi³ siu³ nin⁴
    • Yale: fā yáuh chùhng hōi yaht, yàhn mòuh joi siu nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ jau⁵ tsung⁴ hoi¹ jat⁹, jan⁴ mou⁴ dzoi³ siu³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ yeo⁵ cung⁴ hoi¹ yed⁶, yen⁴ mou⁴ zoi³ xiu³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚² jɐn²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sɔːi̯³³ siːu̯³³ niːn²¹/

Phrase

花有重開日，人無再少年

1. A flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again.