相見不如懷念

Chinese

		to meet up with; to see	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to miss; to think of; to yearn for to miss; to think of; to yearn for; to reminisce
trad. (相見不如懷念)		相見	不如	懷念
simp. (相见不如怀念)		相见	不如	怀念

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin³ bat¹ jyu⁴ waai⁴ nim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiàn bùrú huáiniàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiàn bùrú huáiniàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chien⁴ pu⁴-ju² huai²-nien⁴
    • Yale: syāng-jyàn bù-rú hwái-nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiann buru hwainiann
    • Palladius: сянцзянь бужу хуайнянь (sjanczjanʹ bužu xuajnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gin³ bat¹ jyu⁴ waai⁴ nim⁶
    • Yale: sēung gin bāt yùh wàaih nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin³ bat⁷ jy⁴ waai⁴ nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin³ bed¹ yu⁴ wai⁴ nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ waːi̯²¹ niːm²²/

Phrase

相見不如懷念

1. Better to miss than to meet.

See also

• 距離產生美／距离产生美 (jùlí chǎnshēng měi)