情人眼裡出西施

Chinese
lover; sweetheart in someone's eye; on one's mind
 
to go out; to come out; to occur
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
 Xi Shi; beautiful woman
trad. (情人眼裡出西施/情人眼裏出西施) 情人 眼裡/眼裏 出 西施
simp. (情人眼里出西施) 情人 眼里 出 西施
alternative forms 情人眼裡有西施／情人眼里有西施
情人眼中出西施
Literally: “in the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) appears”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 ceot1 sai1 si1
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 3xxin-nyin-nge-li 4tsheq 1xi-sr
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngrén yǎnlǐ chū Xīshī [Phonetic: qíngrényánlǐchūxīshī]
      • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngrén yǎnlǐ chu Sishih
      • Wade–Giles: chʻing2-jên2 yen3-li3 chʻu1 Hsi1-shih1
      • Yale: chíng-rén yǎn-lǐ chū Syī-shr̄
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngren yeanlii chu Shishy
      • Palladius: цинжэнь яньли чу Сиши (cinžɛnʹ janʹli ču Siši)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese
  • Wu
    • (Shanghainese)
      • Wiktionary: 3xxin-nyin-nge-li 4tsheq 1xi-sr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʑ̥ɪɲ²² n̠ʲɪɲ⁵⁵ ŋe̞³³ li³³  t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴  ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Proverb

情人眼裡出西施

  1. beauty is in the eye of the beholder; love is blind

See also
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