八仙過海

Chinese

		Eight Immortals	to cross the sea; to go abroad; to go overseas
trad. (八仙過海)		八仙	過海
simp. (八仙过海)		八仙	过海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāxiānguòhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ sin¹ gwo³ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-sian-kè-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāxiānguòhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: basianguòhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-hsien¹-kuo⁴-hai³
    • Yale: bā-syān-gwò-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bashianguohhae
    • Palladius: басяньгохай (basjanʹgoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ sin¹ gwo³ hoi²
    • Yale: baat sīn gwo hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ sin¹ gwo³ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ xin¹ guo³ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-sian-kè-hái
    • Tâi-lô: pat-sian-kè-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patsienkea'hae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴ ke²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn⁴⁴ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/

Idiom

八仙過海

1. Short for 八仙過海，各顯神通／八仙过海，各显神通 (bāxiānguòhǎi, gèxiǎnshéntōng, “everybody using their talents or skills to achieve a common goal”).

Noun

八仙過海

1. (mahjong) winning hand composed of the eight flower tiles

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 大花糊