厭舊貪新

Chinese

		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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànjiùtānxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànjiùtānxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànjiòutansin
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chiu⁴-tʻan¹-hsin¹
    • 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: jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹
    • Yale: yim gauh tāam sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim³ geo⁶ tam¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ kɐu̯²² tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

厭舊貪新

1. to love the new and loathe the old

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Northeastern 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)