似水流年

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	water; river	fleeting time; fortune teller's prediction of a person's luck in a given year
trad. (似水流年)		似	水	流年
simp. #(似水流年)		似	水	流年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìshuǐliúnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ seoi² lau⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìshuǐliúnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhshuěilióunián
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-shui³-liu²-nien²
    • Yale: sz̀-shwěi-lyóu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhshoeiliounian
    • Palladius: сышуйлюнянь (syšujljunjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ seoi² lau⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: chíh séui làuh nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ soey² lau⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ sêu² leo⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ sɵy̯³⁵ lɐu̯²¹ niːn²¹/

Idiom

似水流年

1. years passing by quickly, like the water stream; time flies