痛改前非

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	before; in front; ago before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
simp. and trad. (痛改前非)		痛	改	前	非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tònggǎiqiánfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ goi² cin⁴ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tònggǎiqiánfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqgaechyanfei
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung³ goi² cin⁴ fei¹
  - Yale: tung gói chìhn fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ goi² tsin⁴ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung³ goi² qin⁴ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ kɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

痛改前非

to sincerely mend one's ways, to thoroughly rectify one's errors

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