時不我與

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	not; no	I; me	and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)
trad. (時不我與)		時	不	我	與
simp. (时不我与)		时	不	我	与
Literally: “time does not wait for me”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbùwǒyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ bat¹ ngo⁵ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbùwǒyǔ [Phonetic: shíbùwóyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbùwǒyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pu⁴-wo³-yü³
    • Yale: shŕ-bù-wǒ-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbuwooyeu
    • Palladius: шибувоюй (šibuvojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ bat¹ ngo⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: sìh bāt ngóh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ bat⁷ ngo⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ bed¹ ngo⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ ŋɔː¹³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

時不我與

1. to have missed an opportunity

Synonyms

• 歲不我與／岁不我与 (suìbùwǒyǔ)