相見恨晚

Chinese

		to meet up with; to see	to hate; regret	evening; night; late
trad. (相見恨晚)		相見	恨	晚
simp. (相见恨晚)		相见	恨	晚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngjiànhènwǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngjiànhènwǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangjiànhènwǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chien⁴-hên⁴-wan³
    • Yale: syāng-jyàn-hèn-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangjiannhennwoan
    • Palladius: сянцзяньхэньвань (sjanczjanʹxɛnʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xən⁵¹ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵
    • Yale: sēung gin hahn máahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gin³ han⁶ maan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gin³ hen⁶ man⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kiːn³³ hɐn²² maːn¹³/

Idiom

相見恨晚

1. to regret not having met earlier; if only we had met earlier (used to express the happiness when meeting with someone for the first time)