情人眼裡出西施

See also: 情人眼里出西施

Chinese

		lover; sweetheart	in someone's eye; on one's mind	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	Xi Shi; beautiful woman
trad. (情人眼裡出西施/情人眼裏出西施)		情人	眼裡/眼裏	出	西施
simp. (情人眼里出西施)		情人	眼里	出	西施
Literally: “in the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) appears”.

Alternative forms

• 情人眼裡有西施／情人眼里有西施
• 情人眼中出西施

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ jan⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁵ ceot¹ sai¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī [Phonetic: qíngrényánlǐchūxīshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngrén yǎnlǐ chu Sishih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-jên² yen³-li³ chʻu¹ Hsi¹-shih¹
    • Yale: chíng-rén yǎn-lǐ chū Syī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngren yeanlii chu Shishy
    • Palladius: цинжэнь яньли чу Сиши (cinžɛnʹ janʹli ču Siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ jan⁴ ngaan⁵ leoi⁵ ceot¹ sai¹ si¹
    • Yale: chìhng yàhn ngáahn léuih chēut sāi sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ jan⁴ ngaan⁵ loey⁵ tsoet⁷ sai¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ yen⁴ ngan⁵ lêu⁵ cêd¹ sei¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ ŋaːn¹³ lɵy̯¹³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proverb

1. beauty is in the eye of the beholder; love is blind

See also

• 閉月羞花／闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā)
• 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)