形影不離

Chinese

		form and shadow; silhouette	to not leave; to be not much different from; to be about the same
trad. (形影不離)		形影	不離
simp. (形影不离)		形影	不离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngyǐngbùlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ jing² bat¹ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngyǐngbùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngyǐngbùlí
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-ying³-pu⁴-li²
    • Yale: syíng-yǐng-bù-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngyiingbuli
    • Palladius: синъинбули (sinʺinbuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ jing² bat¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: yìhng yíng bāt lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ jing² bat⁷ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ ying² bed¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ jɪŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹/

Idiom

形影不離

1. inseparable like form and shadow