世態炎涼

See also: 世态炎凉

Chinese

		ways of the world	hot and cold; snobbish
trad. (世態炎涼)		世態	炎涼
simp. (世态炎凉)		世态	炎凉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìtàiyánliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìtàiyánliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhtàiyánliáng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tʻai⁴-yen²-liang²
    • Yale: shr̀-tài-yán-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtayyanliang
    • Palladius: шитайяньлян (šitajjanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴
    • Yale: sai taai yìhm lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ taai³ jim⁴ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ tai³ yim⁴ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tʰaːi̯³³ jiːm²¹ lœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

世態炎涼

1. people are friendly or unfriendly, depending on whether one is successful or not; the hypocrisy of the world