寰宇

Chinese

		large domain	room; universe
simp. and trad. (寰宇)		寰	宇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huányǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-ú / khoân-ú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huányǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huányǔ
    • Wade–Giles: huan²-yü³
    • Yale: hwán-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanyeu
    • Palladius: хуаньюй (xuanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: wàahn yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-ú
    • Tâi-lô: huân-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'uo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoân-ú
    • Tâi-lô: khuân-ú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoan'uo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuan²⁴⁻²² u⁵³/

Noun

寰宇

1. (literary) whole world; whole earth; universe

   • 要似崑崙崩絕壁，又恰像颱風掃寰宇。 [MSC, trad.]
     要似昆仑崩绝壁，又恰像台风扫寰宇。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1923, Mao Zedong, 《贺新郎·别友》 (“To Yang Kaihui”), English translation by Xu Yuanchong

     Yào sì Kūnlún bēng juébì, Yòu qià xiàng táifēng sǎo huányǔ. [Pinyin]

     Just as Mount Kunlun thrusts its cliffs asunder
     Or the typhoon sweeps the world under.

Synonyms

• (literary) 寰球 (huánqiú)

Derived terms

• 威震寰宇