百年不遇

百年不遇

Chinese

		one hundred years; century; long time	not; no	meet with
trad. (百年不遇)		百年	不	遇
simp. (百年不遇)		百年	不	遇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiniánbùyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ nin⁴ bat¹ jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎiniánbùyù [Phonetic: bǎiniánbúyù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baenianbuyiw
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ nin⁴ bat¹ jyu⁶
    • Yale: baak nìhn bāt yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ nin⁴ bat⁷ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ nin⁴ bed¹ yu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /päːk̚³ niːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²²/

Idiom

百年不遇

1. (figuratively) once-in-a-hundred-years (event); not seen in a hundred years