人山人海

Chinese

		people	mountain	people	sea
simp. and trad. (人山人海)		人	山	人	海

Etymology

A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain (山 (shān)) of people (人 (rén)), a sea (海 (hǎi)) of people (人 (rén))".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshānrénhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-san-lîn-hái / jîn-san-jîn-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshānrénhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénshanrénhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shan¹-jên²-hai³
    • Yale: rén-shān-rén-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanrenhae
    • Palladius: жэньшаньжэньхай (žɛnʹšanʹžɛnʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: yàhn sāan yàhn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ san¹ yen⁴ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ san´ nginˇ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ san²⁴ ŋin¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋin¹¹ hoɪ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-san-lîn-hái
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-san-lîn-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linsanlinhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-san-jîn-hái
    • Tâi-lô: jîn-san-jîn-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jinsanjinhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/

Idiom

人山人海

1. very crowded or congested (with people)

Synonyms

• 水洩不通／水泄不通 (shuǐxièbùtōng), 萬人空巷／万人空巷 (wànrénkōngxiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人山人海):

• → Korean: 인산인해(人山人海) (insaninhae)

See also

• 人海 (rénhǎi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	山	人	海

Noun

人山人海 • (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)

1. Hanja form^? of 인산인해 (“(figuratively) a great crowd of people”).