今非昔比

Chinese

		today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa	past; former	side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
trad. (今非昔比)		今	非	昔	比
simp. #(今非昔比)		今	非	昔	比

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnfēixībǐ, jīnfēixíbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧˇ, ㄐㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ fei¹ sik¹ bei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnfēixībǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinfeisibǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-fei¹-hsi¹-pi³
    • Yale: jīn-fēi-syī-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinfeishibii
    • Palladius: цзиньфэйсиби (czinʹfɛjsibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnfēixíbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinfeisíbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-fei¹-hsi²-pi³
    • Yale: jīn-fēi-syí-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinfeishyibii
    • Palladius: цзиньфэйсиби (czinʹfɛjsibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ fei¹ sik¹ bei²
    • Yale: gām fēi sīk béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ fei¹ sik⁷ bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ féi¹ xig¹ béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵/

Idiom

今非昔比

1. the present cannot compare with the past; times have changed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 今非昔比 (“the present cannot compare with the past; times have changed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		今非昔比
Cantonese	Guangzhou	今時唔同往日
	Hong Kong	今時唔同往日
Hakka	Meixian	今日唔同往時
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	今時無同往日
Southern Min	Shantou	今日唔比昔日, 現時唔同舊時, 只陣唔同以前