朝更夕改

Chinese

		morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)	to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	dusk; evening	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
trad. (朝更夕改)		朝	更	夕	改
simp. #(朝更夕改)		朝	更	夕	改
Literally: “to change in the morning and alter in the evening”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāogēngxīgǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāogēngxīgǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaogengsigǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-kêng¹-hsi¹-kai³
    • Yale: jāu-gēng-syī-gǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaugengshigae
    • Palladius: чжаогэнсигай (čžaogɛnsigaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

朝更夕改

1. to be capricious or indecisive