孽緣

Chinese

		consequence of sin	along; predestined affinity; reason along; predestined affinity; reason; edge
trad. (孽緣)		孽	緣
simp. (孽缘)		孽	缘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nièyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nièyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nièyuán
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: nyè-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehyuan
    • Palladius: неюань (nejuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yihp yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² jyːn²¹/

Noun

孽緣

1. a “fateful coincidence” (yuanfen) one wishes had not happened in the first place; doomed love (Classifier: 段)

See also

• 有緣無份／有缘无份