光陰似箭，日月如梭

See also: 光阴似箭，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	如	梭
simp. (光阴似箭，日月如梭)		光阴似箭	，	日月	如	梭

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

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• 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
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ jam¹ ci⁵ zin³, jat⁶ jyut⁶ jyu⁴ so¹
    • Yale: gwōng yām chíh jin, yaht yuht yùh sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ jam¹ tsi⁵ dzin³, jat⁹ jyt⁹ jy⁴ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ yem¹ qi⁵ jin³, yed⁶ yud⁶ yu⁴ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː¹³ t͡siːn³³ jɐt̚² jyːt̚² jyː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/

Proverb

光陰似箭，日月如梭

1. time flies very quickly