哀鴻遍野

See also: 哀鸿遍野

Chinese

		sorrowful geese; victims of a disaster.	to blanket the countryside
trad. (哀鴻遍野)		哀鴻	遍野
simp. (哀鸿遍野)		哀鸿	遍野
Literally: “plaintive whine of geese”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āihóngbiànyě

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ai¹ hong⁵ biang³ ia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āihóngbiànyě
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aihóngbiànyě
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-hung²-pien⁴-yeh³
    • Yale: āi-húng-byàn-yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aihorngbiannyee
    • Palladius: айхунбянье (ajxunbjanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
    • Yale: ōi hùhng pin yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ pʰiːn³³ jɛː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ai¹ hong⁵ biang³ ia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai hông piàng iá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³⁻²³ hoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ piaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ia⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

哀鴻遍野

1. a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere