一元復始，萬象更新

Chinese

		a new year begins		everything has been completely renovated
trad. (一元復始，萬象更新)		一元復始	，	萬象更新
simp. (一元复始，万象更新)		一元复始	，	万象更新

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyuánfùshǐ, wànxiànggēngxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˇ , ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyuánfùshǐ, wànxiànggēngxīn [Phonetic: yìyuánfùshǐ, wànxiànggēngxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˇ , ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyuánfùshǐh, wànsiànggengsin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yüan²-fu⁴-shih³, wan⁴-hsiang⁴-kêng¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: yī-ywán-fù-shř-, wàn-syàng-gēng-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyuanfuhshyy, wannshianqgengshin
    • Palladius: июаньфуши, ваньсянгэнсинь (ijuanʹfuši, vanʹsjangɛnsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

Proverb

一元復始，萬象更新

1. at the beginning of the New Year, everything takes on a new look