五湖四海

Chinese

		Five Lakes	the four seas; the world; the whole world the four seas; the world; the whole world; generous; magnanimous
trad. (五湖四海)		五湖	四海
simp. #(五湖四海)		五湖	四海
alternative forms		四海五湖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wǔhúsìhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu³ hu² si⁴ hai³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-fù-si-hói
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngū-*hù-*sé̤ṳ-*hāi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-ô͘-sù-hái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² hu⁵ si³ hai²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u³ fu² sr⁴ hai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhúsìhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhúsìhhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hu²-ssŭ⁴-hai³
    • Yale: wǔ-hú-sz̀-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhwusyhhae
    • Palladius: ухусыхай (uxusyxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wu³ hu² si⁴ hai³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uxusxaai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵³ xu²¹ sz̩²¹³ xai⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
    • Yale: ńgh wùh sei hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴ séi³ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹ sei̯³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-fù-si-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng` fuˇ xi hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ fu² xi⁴ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ fu¹¹ si⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngū-*hù-*sé̤ṳ-*hāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu³³⁻²¹ hu⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ sy²¹³⁻⁵³ hai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-ô͘-sù-hái
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-ôo-sù-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofosuo'hae
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²⁴ su¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²³ su²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²⁴ su²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngou² hu⁵ si³ hai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu hû sì hái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai⁵²⁻²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u³ fu² sr⁴ hai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴¹ ɸu¹³ sz̩⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

Idiom

五湖四海

1. all regions; all corners of the country or world; all places