歲月如梭

Chinese

		years and months; years; passing of time years and months; years; passing of time; time	as (if); such as	shuttle
trad. (歲月如梭)		歲月	如	梭
simp. (岁月如梭)		岁月	如	梭
Literally: “time moves as quickly as a weaver's shuttle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suìyuèrúsuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ jyut⁶ jyu⁴ so¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suìyuèrúsuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèiyuèrúsuo
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴-yüeh⁴-ju²-so¹
    • Yale: swèi-ywè-rú-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueyyuehrusuo
    • Palladius: суйюэжусо (sujjuežuso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi³ jyut⁶ jyu⁴ so¹
    • Yale: seui yuht yùh sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ jyt⁹ jy⁴ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ yud⁶ yu⁴ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ jyːt̚² jyː²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

歲月如梭

1. time flies

Synonyms

• 光陰似箭／光阴似箭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn)