斗轉星移

Chinese

		ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	star; satellite; small amount	to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
trad. (斗轉星移)		斗	轉	星	移
simp. (斗转星移)		斗	转	星	移
Literally: “the Big Dipper has turned and the stars have moved”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau² zyun² sing¹ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí [Phonetic: dóuzhuǎnxīngyí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒujhuǎnsingyí
    • Wade–Giles: tou³-chuan³-hsing¹-i²
    • Yale: dǒu-jwǎn-syīng-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dooujoanshingyi
    • Palladius: доучжуаньсинъи (doučžuanʹsinʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau² zyun² sing¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: dáu jyún sīng yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau² dzyn² sing¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo² jun² xing¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

Idiom

斗轉星移

1. time flies; time passes