生不逢時

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	not; no	every time; meet by chance	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (生不逢時)		生	不	逢	時
simp. (生不逢时)		生	不	逢	时
Literally: “to be born at the wrong time”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngbùféngshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngbùféngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengbùfóngshíh
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-pu⁴-fêng²-shih²
    • Yale: shēng-bù-féng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengbuferngshyr
    • Palladius: шэнбуфэнши (šɛnbufɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ bat¹ fung⁴ si⁴
    • Yale: sāng bāt fùhng sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ bat⁷ fung⁴ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ bed¹ fung⁴ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fʊŋ²¹ siː²¹/

Idiom

生不逢時

1. to have a rough and ill-fated life

Synonyms

• 生不逢辰 (shēngbùféngchén)
• 命途多舛 (mìngtúduōchuǎn)