人生苦短

Chinese

		life	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	lack; short
trad. (人生苦短)		人生	苦	短
simp. #(人生苦短)		人生	苦	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshēngkǔduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄎㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sang¹ fu² dyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēngkǔduǎn [Phonetic: rénshēngkúduǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄎㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshengkǔduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹-kʻu³-tuan³
    • Yale: rén-shēng-kǔ-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshengkuudoan
    • Palladius: жэньшэнкудуань (žɛnʹšɛnkuduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sang¹ fu² dyun²
    • Yale: yàhn sāng fú dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sang¹ fu² dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seng¹ fu² dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ tyːn³⁵/

Idiom

人生苦短

1. Life is too short.

See also

• 去日苦多