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): ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣㄖㄣˇ ㄖㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ jam¹ jam⁵ jim⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyīnrěnrǎn [Phonetic: guāngyīnrénrǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄣㄖㄣˇ 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

time flies; tempus fugit

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