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厭舊貪新
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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loathe
old (opposite of new); former
greedy
new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad.
(
厭舊貪新
)
厭
舊
貪
新
simp.
(
厌旧贪新
)
厌
旧
贪
新
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
yànjiùtānxīn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jim
3
gau
6
taam
1
san
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yànjiùtānxīn
Zhuyin
:
ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yànjiòutansin
Wade–Giles
:
yen
4
-chiu
4
-tʻan
1
-hsin
1
Yale
:
yàn-jyòu-tān-syīn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
yannjiowtanshin
Palladius
:
яньцзютаньсинь
(janʹczjutanʹsinʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jim
3
gau
6
taam
1
san
1
Yale
:
yim gauh t
ā
am s
ā
n
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jim
3
gau
6
taam
1
san
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
yim
3
geo
6
tam
1
sen
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jiːm³³ kɐu̯²² tʰaːm
⁵⁵
sɐn
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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厭舊貪新
to
love
the
new
and
loathe
the
old
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
喜新厭舊
(“to love the new and loathe the old”)
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Variety
Location
Words
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Formal
(
Written Standard Chinese
)
喜新厭舊
,
喜新厭故
,
厭舊喜新
,
厭舊貪新
Mandarin
Taiwan
喜新厭舊
Cantonese
Hong Kong
貪新忘舊
Southern Min
Xiamen
迎新棄舊
Taipei
迎新棄舊
GT
Note
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)