相見好，同住難

Chinese

		to meet up with; to see	good; well; be fond of		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (相見好，同住難)		相見	好	，	同	住	難
simp. (相见好，同住难)		相见	好	，	同	住	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngjiàn hǎo, tóng zhù nán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄠˇ , ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin³ hou² tung⁴ zyu⁶ naan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngjiàn hǎo, tóng zhù nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄠˇ , ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngjiàn hǎo, tóng jhù nán
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-chien⁴ hao³, tʻung² chu⁴ nan²
    • Yale: syàng-jyàn hǎu-, túng jù nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqjiann hao, torng juh nan
    • Palladius: сянцзянь хао, тун чжу нань (sjanczjanʹ xao, tun čžu nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gin³ hou² tung⁴ zyu⁶ naan⁴
    • Yale: sēung gin hóu tùhng jyuh nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin³ hou² tung⁴ dzy⁶ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin³ hou² tung⁴ ju⁶ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hou̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡syː²² naːn²¹/

Proverb

相見好，同住難

1. it is easy for people to meet each other but hard for them to live together peacefully