曩昔

Chinese

		in former times	past; former
simp. and trad. (曩昔)		曩	昔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎngxī, nǎngxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄤˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄋㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nong⁵ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎngxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄤˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎngsi
    • Wade–Giles: nang³-hsi¹
    • Yale: nǎng-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naangshi
    • Palladius: нанси (nansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎngxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄤˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎngsí
    • Wade–Giles: nang³-hsi²
    • Yale: nǎng-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naangshyi
    • Palladius: нанси (nansi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nong⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: nóhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nong⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nong⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːŋ¹³ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

曩昔

1. (literary) the old days; the past

Synonyms

• 以往 (yǐwǎng)
• 前時／前时 (qiánshí) (literary)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 向時／向时 (xiàngshí)
• 向時仔／向时仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 夙昔 (sùxī) (literary)
• 已往 (yǐwǎng)
• 平昔 (píngxī) (literary)
• 往前 (wǎngqián)
• 往常 (wǎngcháng)
• 往日 (wǎngrì) (literary)
• 往昔 (wǎngxī) (literary)
• 往時／往时 (wǎngshí)
• 往時仔／往时仔 (Min Nan)
• 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
• 既往 (jìwǎng)
• 日前 (rìqián) (literary)
• 日者 (rìzhě) (literary)
• 早日 (zǎorì)
• 昔年 (xīnián) (literary)
• 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
• 昔者 (xīzhě) (literary)
• 異日／异日 (yìrì) (literary)
• 當年／当年
• 疇昔／畴昔 (chóuxī) (literary)
• 素日 (sùrì) (literary)
• 老底子 (lǎodǐzi) (dialectal)
• 舊底／旧底 (gau⁶ dai²) (Cantonese, Min Nan)
• 舊時／旧时 (jiùshí)
• 舊陣時／旧阵时 (Cantonese)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù)
• 過往／过往 (guòwǎng)