風燭殘年

Chinese

		candle in the wind; aged; declining	the last days of the year; the evening of life; declining years
trad. (風燭殘年)		風燭	殘年
simp. (风烛残年)		风烛	残年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngzhúcánnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ zuk¹ caan⁴ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngzhúcánnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongjhúcánnián
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chu²-tsʻan²-nien²
    • Yale: fēng-jú-tsán-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengjwutsarnnian
    • Palladius: фэнчжуцаньнянь (fɛnčžucanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ zuk¹ caan⁴ nin⁴
    • Yale: fūng jūk chàahn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ dzuk⁷ tsaan⁴ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ zug¹ can⁴ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːn²¹ niːn²¹/

Idiom

風燭殘年

1. old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind