漸行漸遠

Chinese

		gradual; gradually; imbue	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	gradual; gradually; imbue	far; distant; remote
trad. (漸行漸遠)		漸	行	漸	遠
simp. (渐行渐远)		渐	行	渐	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànxíngjiànyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim⁶ hang⁴ zim⁶ jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànxíngjiànyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànsíngjiànyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-hsing²-chien⁴-yüan³
    • Yale: jyàn-syíng-jyàn-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannshyngjiannyeuan
    • Palladius: цзяньсинцзяньюань (czjanʹsinczjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim⁶ hang⁴ zim⁶ jyun⁵
    • Yale: jihm hàhng jihm yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim⁶ hang⁴ dzim⁶ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim⁶ heng⁴ jim⁶ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm²² hɐŋ²¹ t͡siːm²² jyːn¹³/

Idiom

漸行漸遠

1. to become increasingly distant; to grow apart