閃現

Chinese

		flash; lightning	appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current
trad. (閃現)		閃	現
simp. (闪现)		闪	现

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎnxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² jin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-hiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: shan³-hsien⁴
  - Yale: shǎn-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshiann
  - Palladius: шаньсянь (šanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sim² jin⁶
  - Yale: sím yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim² jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xim² yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ jiːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-hiān
  - Tâi-lô: siám-hiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmhien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²²/

Verb

閃現

to flash before one's eyes; to appear in a flash
(figurative) to come suddenly into mind