光陰似箭,日月如梭

Chinese

Time flies like an arrow. sun and moon; life; livelihood as (if); such as shuttle
trad. (光陰似箭,日月如梭) 光陰似箭 日月
simp. (光阴似箭,日月如梭) 光阴似箭 日月

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guāngyīn sì jiàn, rìyuè rú suō
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄖˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong1 jam1 ci5 zin3, jat6 jyut6 jyu4 so1

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyīn sì jiàn, rìyuè rú suō
      • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄣ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ , ㄖˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: guangyin sìh jiàn, rìhyuè rú suo
      • Wade–Giles: kuang1-yin1 ssŭ4 chien4, jih4-yüeh4 ju2 so1
      • Yale: gwāng-yīn sz̀ jyàn-, r̀-ywè rú swō
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangin syh jiann, ryhyueh ru suo
      • Palladius: гуанъинь сы цзянь, жиюэ жу со (guanʺinʹ sy czjanʹ, žijue žu so)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

光陰似箭,日月如梭

  1. time flies very quickly