世態炎涼

See also: 世态炎凉

Chinese

		ways of the world	hot and cold; snobbish
trad. (世態炎涼)		世態	炎涼
simp. (世态炎凉)		世态	炎凉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìtàiyánliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìtàiyánliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtàiyánliáng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻai⁴-yen²-liang²
  - Yale: shr̀-tài-yán-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtayyanliang
  - Palladius: шитайяньлян (šitajjanʹljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴
  - Yale: sai taai yìhm lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ tai³ yim⁴ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tʰaːi̯³³ jiːm²¹ lœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

世態炎涼

people are friendly or unfriendly, depending on whether one is successful or not; the hypocrisy of the world

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