聰明一世，懵懂一時

Chinese

		clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright; sharp; keen; perceptive	throughout one's life; first generation		muddled; confused; ignorant	a period of time; for a short while; for a time a period of time; for a short while; for a time; temporarily; momentarily; once
trad. (聰明一世，懵懂一時)		聰明	一世	，	懵懂	一時
simp. (聪明一世，懵懂一时)		聪明	一世	，	懵懂	一时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōngmíng yīshì, měngdǒng yīshí, cōngmíng yīshì, méngdǒng yīshí, cōngmíng yīshì, mēngdǒng yīshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ, ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ, ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ ming⁴ jat¹ sai³, mung² dung² jat¹ si⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshon-min ⁷iq-sy ⁶mon-ton ⁷iq-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, měngdǒng yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíngyíshì,méngdǒngyìshí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng yishìh, měngdǒng yishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-ming² i¹-shih⁴, mêng³-tung³ i¹-shih²
    • Yale: tsūng-míng yī-shr̀-, měng-dǔng yī-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming ishyh, meengdoong ishyr
    • Palladius: цунмин иши, мэндун иши (cunmin iši, mɛndun iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, méngdǒng yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíng yíshì, méngdǒng yìshí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng yishìh, méngdǒng yishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-ming² i¹-shih⁴, mêng²-tung³ i¹-shih²
    • Yale: tsūng-míng yī-shr̀-, méng-dǔng yī-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming ishyh, mengdoong ishyr
    • Palladius: цунмин иши, мэндун иши (cunmin iši, mɛndun iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngmíng yīshì, mēngdǒng yīshí [Phonetic: cōngmíng yíshì, mēngdǒng yìshí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˋ , ㄇㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄧ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congmíng yishìh, mengdǒng yishíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-ming² i¹-shih⁴, mêng¹-tung³ i¹-shih²
    • Yale: tsūng-míng yī-shr̀-, mēng-dǔng yī-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongming ishyh, mhengdoong ishyr
    • Palladius: цунмин иши, мэндун иши (cunmin iši, mɛndun iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mɤŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ ming⁴ jat¹ sai³, mung² dung² jat¹ si⁴
    • Yale: chūng mìhng yāt sai, múng dúng yāt sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ ming⁴ jat⁷ sai³, mung² dung² jat⁷ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ ming⁴ yed¹ sei³, mung² dung² yed¹ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐi̯³³ mʊŋ³⁵ tʊŋ³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshon-min ⁷iq-sy ⁶mon-ton ⁷iq-zy
    • MiniDict: tshon^平 min ih^入 sy mon^去 ton ih^入 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshon-min ⁴iq-sr ³mon-ton ⁴iq-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ min³³  iɪʔ³³ sz̩³³  moŋ²² toŋ³³  iɪʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Proverb

聰明一世，懵懂一時

1. Synonym of 聰明一世，糊塗一時 / 聪明一世，糊涂一时 (cōngmíng yīshì, hútú yīshí, “even smart people can have a momentary lapse in judgement; even Homer nods”)