相見恨晚

Chinese

		to meet up with; to see	to hate; regret	evening; night; late
trad. (相見恨晚)		相見	恨	晚
simp. (相见恨晚)		相见	恨	晚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngjiànhènwǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiànhènwǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiànhènwǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chien⁴-hên⁴-wan³
  - Yale: syāng-jyàn-hèn-wǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiannhennwoan
  - Palladius: сянцзяньхэньвань (sjanczjanʹxɛnʹvanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xən⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵
  - Yale: sēung gin hahn máahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin³ hen⁶ man⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hɐn²² maːn¹³/

Idiom

相見恨晚

to regret not having met earlier; if only we had met earlier (used to express the happiness when meeting with someone for the first time)

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