光陰

See also: 光阴

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
trad. (光陰)		光	陰
simp. (光阴)		光	阴
Literally: “bright and dark; light and shade”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ jam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-yîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangyin
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-yin¹
    • Yale: gwāng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangin
    • Palladius: гуанъинь (guanʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ jam¹
    • Yale: gwōng yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´ im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ im²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-yîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´ (r)im´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-im
    • Tâi-lô: kong-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kong'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 光陰

1. (figurative) time (the limited time available in a person's life)
2. (Dungan) time; age; era
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ясыр Шывазы

     Вәмўсы минда шонян / Совет гуонйиншонди, / Зэ кэхуарди гуйтўни

     Vəmwsɨ minda šoni͡an / Sovi͡ət guonyinšondi, / Ze kehuardi guytwni

     我們是命大少年　Совет 光陰上的　在開花兒的國土裡
     We are fortunate youths / Of the Soviet age / Within blossoming territory

Synonyms

• (time: the limited time in available in a person's life): (literary) 日力 (rìlì), 時光／时光 (shíguāng)
• (time; age; era):

(deprecated template usage)

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 年代 (niándài)
• 年候兒／年候儿 (niánhour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
• 年華／年华 (niánhuá)
• 時代／时代 (shídài)
• 時期／时期 (shíqī)
• 朝代 (cháodài)
• 歲月／岁月 (suìyuè)

 

Derived terms

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