陰晴圓缺

Chinese

		shady and sunlit; cloudy and sunny; success and disappointment	to wax and wane
trad. (陰晴圓缺)		陰晴	圓缺
simp. (阴晴圆缺)		阴晴	圆缺

Etymology

From Su Shi's Shuidiao Getou.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnqíngyuánquē

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ cing⁴ jyun⁴ kyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnqíngyuánquē
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yincíngyuáncyue
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻing²-yüan²-chʻüeh¹
  - Yale: yīn-chíng-ywán-chywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchyngyuanchiue
  - Palladius: иньцинъюаньцюэ (inʹcinʺjuanʹcjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ cing⁴ jyun⁴ kyut³
  - Yale: yām chìhng yùhn kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsing⁴ jyn⁴ kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ qing⁴ yun⁴ küd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹ kʰyːt̚³/

Idiom

陰晴圓缺

(of the Moon) dim, bright, full or crescent; the various shapes of the Moon; (figurative) unpredictability of life; vicissitudes of life

See also

悲歡離合／悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)

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