天下烏鴉一般黑

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	crow; raven	general; generic; typical general; generic; typical; so-so; average	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (天下烏鴉一般黑)		天下	烏鴉	一般	黑
simp. (天下乌鸦一般黑)		天下	乌鸦	一般	黑
Literally: “crows in the world are all black”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxià wūyā yībān hēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨ ㄧㄚ ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat¹ bun¹ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxià wūyā yībān hēi [Phonetic: tiānxià wūyā yìbān hēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨ ㄧㄚ ㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansià wuya yiban hei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴ wu¹-ya¹ i¹-pan¹ hei¹
    • Yale: tyān-syà wū-yā yī-bān hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah uia iban hei
    • Palladius: тянься уя ибань хэй (tjanʹsja uja ibanʹ xɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat¹ bun¹ hak¹
    • Yale: tīn hah wū ā yāt būn hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat⁷ bun¹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ha⁶ wu¹ a¹ yed¹ bun¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² wuː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ puːn⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Proverb

天下烏鴉一般黑

1. bad people or things are similar everywhere

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 天下烏鴉一樣黑／天下乌鸦一样黑