見異思遷

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	different; unusual; strange	to think; to consider	to move; to shift
trad. (見異思遷)		見	異	思	遷
simp. (见异思迁)		见	异	思	迁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànyìsīqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ ㄙ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ ji⁶ si¹ cin¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giang³ i⁶ se¹ ciang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànyìsīqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ ㄙ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànyìsihcian
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-i⁴-ssŭ¹-chʻien¹
    • Yale: jyàn-yì-sz̄-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannyihsychian
    • Palladius: цзяньисыцянь (czjanʹisycjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ ji⁶ si¹ cin¹
    • Yale: gin yih sī chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ ji⁶ si¹ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ yi⁶ xi¹ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ jiː²² siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giang³ i⁶ se¹ ciang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiàng ĭ sṳ tshiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ i³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

Idiom

見異思遷

1. to change one's mind the moment one sees something new