人心不古

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	not; no	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (人心不古)		人心	不	古

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénxīnbùgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ gu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīnbùgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénsinbùgǔ
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹-pu⁴-ku³
  - Yale: rén-syīn-bù-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshinbuguu
  - Palladius: жэньсиньбугу (žɛnʹsinʹbugu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ bat¹ gu²
  - Yale: yàhn sām bāt gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ bat⁷ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ bed¹ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

人心不古

the moral compass of modern man lags far behind that of the ancients; people are no longer simple and honest

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