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for; to be friends with; to have good relations with	day; sky; heaven	also	old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (天若有情天亦老)		天	若	有情	天	亦	老
simp. ^#(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): ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ joek⁶ jau⁵ cing⁴ tin¹ jik⁶ lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiān ruò yǒuqíng tiān yì lǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄧˋ ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tian ruò yǒucíng tian yì lǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹ jo⁴ yu³-chʻing² tʻien¹ i⁴ lao³
  - Yale: tyān rwò yǒu-chíng tyān yì lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian ruoh yeouchyng tian yih lao
  - Palladius: тянь жо юцин тянь и лао (tjanʹ žo jucin tjanʹ i lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ i⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːk̚² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jɪk̚² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

天若有情天亦老

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 / 金铜仙人辞汉歌并序 on the Chinese Wikisource.Wikisource ^zh