漂洋過海

Chinese

	to cross the ocean; to travel overseas	to cross the sea; to go abroad; to go overseas
trad. (漂洋過海)	漂洋	過海
simp. (漂洋过海)	漂洋	过海
alternative forms	飄洋過海／飘洋过海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piāoyángguòhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phêu-yòng-ko-hói
Eastern Min (BUC): piĕu-iòng-guó-hāi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiau-iûⁿ-kòe-hái

(Teochew, Peng'im): piou¹ iên⁵ guê³ hai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piāoyángguòhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piaoyángguòhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-yang²-kuo⁴-hai³
  - Yale: pyāu-yáng-gwò-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauyangguohhae
  - Palladius: пяоянгохай (pjaojangoxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
  - Yale: pīu yèuhng gwo hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ yêng⁴ guo³ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phêu-yòng-ko-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: peu´ iongˇ go hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: peu¹ yong² go⁴ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹ ko⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phêu-yòng-ko-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: peu´ (r)iongˇ go hoi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: peu¹ yong² go⁴ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹ ko⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕu-iòng-guó-hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵⁵ yoŋ⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(k-)ŋuo²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-iûⁿ-kòe-hái
  - Tâi-lô: phiau-iûnn-kuè-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'viu'koea'hae
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³⁻³³ kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: piou¹ iên⁵ guê³ hai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiou iêⁿ kuè hái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiou³³⁻²³ ĩẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

漂洋過海

to sail across the sea to a foreign land; to travel across the sea; to go abroad