惜陰

Chinese

		pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
trad. (惜陰)		惜	陰
simp. (惜阴)		惜	阴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyīn, xíyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄣ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yin¹
    • Yale: syī-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiin
    • Palladius: сиинь (siinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síyin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-yin¹
    • Yale: syí-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyiin
    • Palladius: сиинь (siinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ in⁵⁵/

Verb

惜陰

1. (literary) to make good use of every moment