厭舊貪新

Chinese

		loathe	old (opposite of new); former	greedy	new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (厭舊貪新)		厭	舊	貪	新
simp. (厌旧贪新)		厌	旧	贪	新

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànjiùtānxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànjiùtānxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànjiòutansin
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chiu⁴-tʻan¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: yàn-jyòu-tān-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannjiowtanshin
  - Palladius: яньцзютаньсинь (janʹczjutanʹsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹
  - Yale: yim gauh tāam sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim³ gau⁶ taam¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim³ geo⁶ tam¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³³ kɐu̯²² tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

厭舊貪新

to love the new and loathe the old

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Mandarin	Taiwan	喜新厭舊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	貪新忘舊
Min Nan	Xiamen	迎新棄舊
Min Nan	Taipei	迎新棄舊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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