素昧平生

Chinese

		plain; element	conceal; dark	lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life
simp. and trad. (素昧平生)		素	昧	平生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùmèipíngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ mui⁶ ping⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùmèipíngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùmèipíngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-mei⁴-pʻing²-shêng¹
    • Yale: sù-mèi-píng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhmeypyngsheng
    • Palladius: сумэйпиншэн (sumɛjpinšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ mui⁶ ping⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: sou muih pìhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ mui⁶ ping⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ mui⁶ ping⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ muːi̯²² pʰɪŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

素昧平生

1. to be strangers to each other; to have never met before