喜新厭舊

See also: 喜新厌旧

Chinese

		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	new; newly; meso- (chem.)	loathe	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (喜新厭舊)		喜	新	厭	舊
simp. (喜新厌旧)		喜	新	厌	旧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐxīnyànjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² san¹ jim³ gau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐxīnyànjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐsinyànjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-hsin¹-yen⁴-chiu⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-syīn-yàn-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishinyannjiow
    • Palladius: сисиньяньцзю (sisinʹjanʹczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² san¹ jim³ gau⁶
    • Yale: héi sān yim gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² san¹ jim³ gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² sen¹ yim³ geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ jiːm³³ kɐu̯²²/

Idiom

喜新厭舊

1. to love the new and loathe the old; to be fickle in affection (usually said of men)

   • 我真的懂　你不是喜新厭舊　是我沒有　陪在你身邊當你寂寞時候 [MSC, trad.]
     我真的懂　你不是喜新厌旧　是我没有　陪在你身边当你寂寞时候 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003, 孫燕姿 (Stefanie Sun) (lyrics 楊明學), 《我不難過》 (I Am Fine)

     wǒ zhēnde dǒng, nǐ bùshì xǐxīnyànjiù, shì wǒ méiyǒu, péi zài nǐ shēnbiān dāng nǐ jìmò shíhòu [Pinyin]

     I know,
     That in fact you are not fickle in affection;
     It was me,
     Who was not with you when you were lonely.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Mandarin	Taiwan	喜新厭舊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	貪新忘舊
Southern Min	Xiamen	迎新棄舊
	Taipei	迎新棄舊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)