別來無恙

See also: 别来无恙

Chinese

		other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin	to come	to be unharmed; to be in good health; to be without a scratch
trad. (別來無恙)		別	來	無恙
simp. (别来无恙)		别	来	无恙

Etymology

Literally: [You] lack (無) sickness (恙) since (來) [we last] parted (別).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bié lái wúyàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit⁶ loi⁴ mou⁴ joeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bié lái wúyàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bié lái wúyàng
    • Wade–Giles: pieh² lai² wu²-yang⁴
    • Yale: byé lái wú-yàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bye lai wuyanq
    • Palladius: бе лай уян (be laj ujan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit⁶ loi⁴ mou⁴ joeng⁶
    • Yale: biht lòih mòuh yeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁹ loi⁴ mou⁴ joeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid⁶ loi⁴ mou⁴ yêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²/

Interjection

別來無恙

1. (idiomatic) You're looking as healthy as ever, nice to see you again.
2. (idiomatic) (in correspondence) I hope all is well since we last spoke.