五方雜處

Chinese

		the five positions	to live in the same area
trad. (五方雜處)		五方	雜處
simp. (五方杂处)		五方	杂处

(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "五方杂处".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔfāngzáchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄈㄤ ㄗㄚˊ ㄔㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔfāngzáchǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄈㄤ ㄗㄚˊ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔfangzáchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-fang¹-tsa²-chʻu³
    • Yale: wǔ-fāng-dzá-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuufangtzarchuu
    • Palladius: уфанцзачу (ufanczaču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

五方雜處

1. to be inhabited by people from many places
   • 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 67:

     我們上海本是一個極純樸的地方，自通商之後，五方雜處，壞人日見其多了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我们上海本是一个极纯朴的地方，自通商之后，五方杂处，坏人日见其多了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Wǒmen Shànghǎi běn shì yī ge jí chúnpǔ de dìfāng, zì tōngshāng zhīhòu, wǔfāngzáchǔ, huàirén rìjiàn qí duō le. [Pinyin]

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