迎新棄舊

Chinese

		to welcome	new; newly; meso- (chem.)	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (迎新棄舊)		迎	新	棄	舊
simp. (迎新弃旧)		迎	新	弃	旧

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngiâ-sin-khì-kū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiâ-sin-khì-kū
    • Tâi-lô: ngiâ-sin-khì-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiasinqie'ku
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiã²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋiã²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋiã²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ku³³/

Idiom

迎新棄舊

1. (Hokkien) to love the new and loathe the old; to be fickle in affection
   • 2011, “山伯英台”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 詹雅雯 (music)‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:

     阿嬤講可憐愛情無自由　卡贏自由戀愛迎新棄舊 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阿嬷讲可怜爱情无自由　卡赢自由恋爱迎新弃旧 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     a-má kóng khó-liân ài-chêng bô chū-iû, khah iâⁿ chū-iû loân-ài ngiâ-sin-khì-kū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Mandarin	Taiwan	喜新厭舊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	貪新忘舊
Southern Min	Xiamen	迎新棄舊
	Taipei	迎新棄舊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)