十年唔逢一閏

Chinese

		ten	year	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	every time; meet by chance	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	intercalary
trad. (十年唔逢一閏)		十	年	唔	逢	一	閏
simp. (十年唔逢一闰)		十	年	唔	逢	一	闰

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ nin⁴ m⁴ fung⁴ jat¹ jeon⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ nin⁴ m⁴ fung⁴ jat¹ jeon⁶
    • Yale: sahp nìhn m̀h fùhng yāt yeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ nin⁴ m⁴ fung⁴ jat⁷ joen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ nin⁴ m⁴ fung⁴ yed¹ yên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² niːn²¹ m̩²¹ fʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ jɵn²²/

Idiom

十年唔逢一閏

1. (Cantonese) once in a blue moon

Synonyms

• 千載難逢／千载难逢 (qiānzǎinánféng)