天若有情天亦老

天若有情天亦老

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	to be in love; to have strong feelings for; to be friends with to be in love; to have strong feelings for; to be friends with; to have good relations with	day; sky; heaven	also	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
simp. and trad. (天若有情天亦老)		天	若	有情	天	亦	老

Etymology

From a poem by Li He (790-816).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiān ruò yǒuqíng tiān yì lǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ joek⁶ jau⁵ cing⁴ tin¹ jik⁶ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiān ruò yǒuqíng tiān yì lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian ruoh yeouchyng tian yih lao
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ joek⁶ jau⁵ cing⁴ tin¹ jik⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: tīn yeuhk yáuh chìhng tīn yihk lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ joek⁹ jau⁵ tsing⁴ tin¹ jik⁹ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ yêg⁶ yeo⁵ qing⁴ tin¹ yig⁶ lou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœ̽ːk̚² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɪk̚² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

天若有情天亦老

1. If Heaven had feelings, Heaven too would grow old. (Things are sad and bleak and there is no justice in the world.)

References

• 金銅仙人辭漢歌並序 on the Chinese Wikisource.Wikisource ^zh