同是天涯淪落人

See also: 同是天涯沦落人

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	be; yes; this	far corners of the world; distant lands
trad. (同是天涯淪落人)		同	是	天涯	淪落人
simp. (同是天涯沦落人)		同	是	天涯	沦落人
Literally: “We both are people stranded from the far corners of the realm.”

Etymology

From the poem “The Song of the Pipa Player” ((deprecated template usage) 《琵琶行》) by Bai Juyi ((deprecated template usage) 白居易).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng shì tiānyá lúnluòrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ leon⁴ lok⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng shì tiānyá lúnluòrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng shìh tianyá lúnluòrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung² shih⁴ tʻien¹-ya² lun²-lo⁴-jên²
    • Yale: túng shr̀ tyān-yá lwún-lwò-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng shyh tianya luenluohren
    • Palladius: тун ши тянья луньложэнь (tun ši tjanʹja lunʹložɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ leon⁴ lok⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: tùhng sih tīn ngàaih lèuhn lohk yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ loen⁴ lok⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ xi⁶ tin¹ ngai⁴ lên⁴ log⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ siː²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹ lɵn²¹ lɔːk̚² jɐn²¹/

Proverb

1. Those who have the same misfortune sympathize with each other.