恍如隔世

Chinese

		to seem; to be like; as if	to be separated by a generation; to be a long time apart
trad. (恍如隔世)		恍如	隔世
simp. #(恍如隔世)		恍如	隔世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎngrúgéshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² jyu⁴ gaak³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎngrúgéshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎngrúgéshìh
    • Wade–Giles: huang³-ju²-ko²-shih⁴
    • Yale: hwǎng-rú-gé-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoangrugershyh
    • Palladius: хуанжугэши (xuanžugɛši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ kɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong² jyu⁴ gaak³ sai³
    • Yale: fóng yùh gaak sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong² jy⁴ gaak⁸ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong² yu⁴ gag³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ jyː²¹ kaːk̚³ sɐi̯³³/

Idiom

恍如隔世

1. to feel as if one has been separated from the outside world for ages; to feel like something is from another world; to feel that people and things have changed as if a lifetime has passed