分飛

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	to fly
trad. (分飛)		分	飛
simp. (分飞)		分	飞

Etymology

Probably derived from the idioms 勞燕分飛／劳燕分飞 (láoyànfēnfēi) and 雁影分飛／雁影分飞. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenfei
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-fei¹
    • Yale: fēn-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenfei
    • Palladius: фэньфэй (fɛnʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ fei¹
    • Yale: fān fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

分飛

1. (poetic, of lovers) "to fly apart": to part

   各自分飛／各自分飞  ―  gèzì fēnfēi  ―  to each fly apart

   • 1981, “舊夢不須記”, 黃霑 (lyrics), performed by 雷安娜:

     自尋路向天際分飛 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     自寻路向天际分飞 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zi⁶ cam⁴ lou⁶ hoeng³ tin¹ zai³ fan¹ fei¹ [Jyutping]

     flying towards the horizon in search of their own road