浮生若夢

Chinese

		fleeting life; ephemeral human life; to grow floating on water	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	to dream
trad. (浮生若夢)		浮生	若	夢
simp. (浮生若梦)		浮生	若	梦

Etymology

From a poem by Li Bai.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúshēngruòmèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ sang¹ joek⁶ mung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúshēngruòmèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúshengruòmèng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-shêng¹-jo⁴-mêng⁴
    • Yale: fú-shēng-rwò-mèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushengruohmenq
    • Palladius: фушэнжомэн (fušɛnžomɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ sang¹ joek⁶ mung⁶
    • Yale: fàuh sāng yeuhk muhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ sang¹ joek⁹ mung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ seng¹ yêg⁶ mung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ jœːk̚² mʊŋ²²/

Idiom

浮生若夢

1. This fleeting (lit. floating) life is like a dream. / Life is but a dream.