只羨鴛鴦不羨仙

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	to envy	mandarin duck; ruddy shelduck	not; no	to envy	immortal
trad. (只羨鴛鴦不羨仙)		只	羨	鴛鴦	不	羨	仙
simp. (只羡鸳鸯不羡仙)		只	羡	鸳鸯	不	羡	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ xiàn yuānyāng bù xiàn xiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sin⁶ jyun¹ joeng¹ bat¹ sin⁶ sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ xiàn yuānyāng bù xiàn xiān [Phonetic: zhǐ xiàn yuānyāng bú xiàn xiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh siàn yuanyang bù siàn sian
    • Wade–Giles: chih³ hsien⁴ yüan¹-yang¹ pu⁴ hsien⁴ hsien¹
    • Yale: jř syàn ywān-yāng bù syàn syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy shiann iuaniang bu shiann shian
    • Palladius: чжи сянь юаньян бу сянь сянь (čži sjanʹ juanʹjan bu sjanʹ sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² sin⁶ jyun¹ joeng¹ bat¹ sin⁶ sin¹
    • Yale: jí sihn yūn yēung bāt sihn sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sin⁶ jyn¹ joeng¹ bat⁷ sin⁶ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xin⁶ yun¹ yêng¹ bed¹ xin⁶ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ siːn²² jyːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ siːn²² siːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

只羨鴛鴦不羨仙

1. to want to be together till death