喜憂參半

Chinese

		happiness and sadness	to be fifty-fifty
trad. (喜憂參半)		喜憂	參半
simp. (喜忧参半)		喜忧	参半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐyōucānbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄧㄡ ㄘㄢ ㄅㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐyōucānbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄧㄡ ㄘㄢ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐyoucanbàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-yu¹-tsʻan¹-pan⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-yōu-tsān-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiioutsanbann
    • Palladius: сиюцаньбань (sijucanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/

Idiom

喜憂參半

1. to have a mixture of happy and sad feelings