四面八方

Chinese

		four directions; all sides; all around	eight points of the compass; all around; in all directions eight points of the compass; all around; in all directions; from every direction
trad. (四面八方)		四面	八方
simp. #(四面八方)		四面	八方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìmiànbāfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ min⁶ baat³ fong¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si⁴ mienn⁵ ba⁶ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìmiànbāfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄚ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmiànbafang
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-mien⁴-pa¹-fang¹
    • Yale: sz̀-myàn-bā-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmiannbafang
    • Palladius: сымяньбафан (symjanʹbafan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ min⁶ baat³ fong¹
    • Yale: sei mihn baat fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ min⁶ baat⁸ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ min⁶ bad³ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ miːn²² paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si⁴ mienn⁵ ba⁶ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ pa̠²⁴ ɸan³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi⁴⁵ mi̯ẽ²¹⁻¹¹ pa̠²⁴ ɸan³³/

Idiom

四面八方

1. in all directions; all around; far and wide

Synonyms

• 四方八面 (sìfāngbāmiàn)
• (Dungan) 四週八下／四周八下