故態復萌

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	appearance; state; attitude appearance; state; attitude; (linguistics) voice	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate	(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute
trad. (故態復萌)		故	態	復	萌
simp. (故态复萌)		故	态	复	萌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùtàifùméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ taai³ fuk⁶ mang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùtàifùméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùtàifùméng
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-tʻai⁴-fu⁴-mêng²
    • Yale: gù-tài-fù-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhtayfuhmeng
    • Palladius: гутайфумэн (gutajfumɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ taai³ fuk⁶ mang⁴
    • Yale: gu taai fuhk màhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ taai³ fuk⁹ mang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ tai³ fug⁶ meng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ tʰaːi̯³³ fʊk̚² mɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

故態復萌

1. to return to one's old bad habits; to relapse into a former undesirable state