人情冷暖

Chinese

		human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature	temperature change(s); ups and downs
trad. (人情冷暖)		人情	冷暖
simp. #(人情冷暖)		人情	冷暖
Literally: “the ups and downs of mankind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénqínglěngnuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ cing⁴ laang⁵ nyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénqínglěngnuǎn [Phonetic: rénqíngléngnuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncínglěngnuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chʻing²-lêng³-nuan³
    • Yale: rén-chíng-lěng-nwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyngleengnoan
    • Palladius: жэньцинлэннуань (žɛnʹcinlɛnnuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ cing⁴ laang⁵ nyun⁵
    • Yale: yàhn chìhng láahng nyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ tsing⁴ laang⁵ nyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ qing⁴ lang⁵ nün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ laːŋ¹³ nyːn¹³/

Idiom

人情冷暖

1. fickleness of human nature; changing of one's attitude to another according to social status