分飛

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	to fly
trad. (分飛)		分	飛
simp. (分飞)		分	飞

Etymology

Probably derived from the idioms 勞燕分飛／劳燕分飞 (láoyànfēnfēi) and 雁影分飛／雁影分飞. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenfei
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-fei¹
  - Yale: fēn-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenfei
  - Palladius: фэньфэй (fɛnʹfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ fei¹
  - Yale: fān fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

分飛

(poetic, of lovers) "to fly apart": to part
各自分飛／各自分飞 ― gèzì fēnfēi ― to each fly apart
- 1981, “舊夢不須記”, 黃霑 (lyrics), performed by 雷安娜:
  
  自尋路向天際分飛 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  自寻路向天际分飞 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  zi⁶ cam⁴ lou⁶ hoeng³ tin¹ zai³ fan¹ fei¹ [Jyutping]
  flying towards the horizon in search of their own road

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