歲不我與

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	not; no	I; me	and; to give; together with and; to give; together with; take part in; (interrog. part.)
trad. (歲不我與)		歲	不	我	與
simp. (岁不我与)		岁	不	我	与
Literally: “the years do not wait for us”.

Etymology

From the Analects:

日月逝矣，歲不我與。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

日月逝矣，岁不我与。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Rì yuè shì yǐ, suìbùwǒyǔ. [Pinyin]

The days and months are passing away; the years do not wait for us.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suìbùwǒyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ bat¹ ngo⁵ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìbùwǒyǔ [Phonetic: suìbùwóyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèibùwǒyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-pu⁴-wo³-yü³
  - Yale: swèi-bù-wǒ-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueybuwooyeu
  - Palladius: суйбувоюй (sujbuvojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sweɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ bat¹ ngo⁵ jyu⁵
  - Yale: seui bāt ngóh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ bat⁷ ngo⁵ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ bed¹ ngo⁵ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ ŋɔː¹³ jyː¹³/

Idiom

歲不我與

to have missed an opportunity; time and tide wait for no man

Synonyms

時不我與／时不我与 (shíbùwǒyǔ)

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