同是天涯淪落人

See also: 同是天涯沦落人

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	be; yes; this	far corners of the world; distant lands	to wander about destitute; to be stranded; to languish to wander about destitute; to be stranded; to languish; to decay; to decline; to wane; to be at a low ebb	man; person; people
trad. (同是天涯淪落人)		同	是	天涯	淪落	人
simp. (同是天涯沦落人)		同	是	天涯	沦落	人
Literally: “We both are people stranded from the far corners of the realm.”

Etymology

From the poem “The Song of the Pipa Player” (《琵琶行》) by Bai Juyi (白居易).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng shì tiānyá lúnluòrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ leon⁴ lok⁶ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng shì tiānyá lúnluòrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng shìh tianyá lúnluòrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung² shih⁴ tʻien¹-ya² lun²-lo⁴-jên²
    • Yale: túng shr̀ tyān-yá lwún-lwò-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng shyh tianya luenluohren
    • Palladius: тун ши тянья луньложэнь (tun ši tjanʹja lunʹložɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ leon⁴ lok⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: tùhng sih tīn ngàaih lèuhn lohk yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ si⁶ tin¹ ngaai⁴ loen⁴ lok⁹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ xi⁶ tin¹ ngai⁴ lên⁴ log⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ siː²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹ lɵn²¹ lɔːk̚² jɐn²¹/

Proverb

同是天涯淪落人

1. Those who have the same misfortune sympathize with each other.