千山萬水

See also: 千山万水

Chinese

		thousand	mountain; hill	ten thousand; a great number; surname	water; river
trad. (千山萬水)		千	山	萬	水
simp. (千山万水)		千	山	万	水
alternative forms		萬水千山／万水千山
anagram		萬水千山／万水千山
Literally: “one thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānshānwànshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ saan¹ maan⁶ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-sân-van-súi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-san-bān-súi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cain¹ suan¹ bhuang⁷ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānshānwànshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianshanwànshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-shan¹-wan⁴-shui³
    • Yale: chyān-shān-wàn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshanwannshoei
    • Palladius: цяньшаньваньшуй (cjanʹšanʹvanʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ saan¹ maan⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: chīn sāan maahn séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ saan¹ maan⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ san¹ man⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ maːn²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-sân-van-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien´ san´ van sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ san¹ van⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-san-bān-súi
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-san-bān-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiensanbaxnsuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cain¹ suan¹ bhuang⁷ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshaiⁿ suaⁿ buāng tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰãĩ³³⁻²³ sũã³³ buaŋ¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/

Note: cain1 suan1 bhuang7 zui2 - Jieyang.

Idiom

千山萬水

1. many rivers and mountains
   • 2000, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “方向 [fāngxiàng, Direction]”, in 那一年 [In that Year], performed by Xu Wei:

     化作為你盛開的夕陽　越過遙遠的千山萬水　來到你寂寞的陽台　溫暖你疼痛的心 [MSC, trad.]
     化作为你盛开的夕阳　越过遥远的千山万水　来到你寂寞的阳台　温暖你疼痛的心 [MSC, simp.]

     Huàzuò wèi nǐ shèngkāi de xīyáng, Yuèguò yáoyuǎn de qiānshānwànshuǐ, Láidào nǐ jìmò de yángtái, Wēnnuǎn nǐ téngtòng de xīn [Pinyin]

     I will become the energetic setting sun for you / And cross many rivers and mountains / In order to arrive at your silent veranda / And comfort your aching heart

2. distant, dangerous and difficult path

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千山萬水):

• → Japanese: 千(せん)山(ざん)万(ばん)水(すい) (senzanbansui)
• → Korean: 천산만수(千山萬水) (cheonsanmansu)