陰晴圓缺

Chinese

		shady and sunlit; cloudy and sunny; success and disappointment	to wax and wane
trad. (陰晴圓缺)		陰晴	圓缺
simp. (阴晴圆缺)		阴晴	圆缺

Etymology

From Su Shi's Shuidiao Getou.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnqíngyuánquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ cing⁴ jyun⁴ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnqíngyuánquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yincíngyuáncyue
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻing²-yüan²-chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: yīn-chíng-ywán-chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchyngyuanchiue
    • Palladius: иньцинъюаньцюэ (inʹcinʺjuanʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ cing⁴ jyun⁴ kyut³
    • Yale: yām chìhng yùhn kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsing⁴ jyn⁴ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ qing⁴ yun⁴ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹ kʰyːt̚³/

Idiom

陰晴圓缺

1. (of the Moon) dim, bright, full or crescent; the various shapes of the Moon; (figurative) unpredictability of life; vicissitudes of life

See also

• 悲歡離合／悲欢离合 (bēihuānlíhé)