光陰荏苒

Chinese

		bright and dark; light and shade; time	to pass gradually; to elapse; to slip by quickly or imperceptibly
trad. (光陰荏苒)		光陰	荏苒
simp. (光阴荏苒)		光阴	荏苒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngyīnrěnrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ jam¹ jam⁵ jim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyīnrěnrǎn [Phonetic: guāngyīnrénrǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ ㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangyinrěnrǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-yin¹-jên³-jan³
    • Yale: gwāng-yīn-rěn-rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanginreenraan
    • Palladius: гуанъиньжэньжань (guanʺinʹžɛnʹžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ ʐən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ jam¹ jam⁵ jim⁵
    • Yale: gwōng yām yáhm yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ jam¹ jam⁵ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ yem¹ yem⁵ yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ jɐm¹³ jiːm¹³/

Idiom

光陰荏苒

1. time flies; tempus fugit