上有天堂，下有蘇杭

See also: 上有天堂，下有苏杭

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	heaven; paradise		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	Suhang
trad. (上有天堂，下有蘇杭)		上	有	天堂	，	下	有	蘇杭
simp. (上有天堂，下有苏杭)		上	有	天堂	，	下	有	苏杭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàng yǒu tiāntáng, xià yǒu Sūháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨ ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jau⁵ tin¹ tong⁴, haa⁶ jau⁵ sou¹ hong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàng yǒu tiāntáng, xià yǒu Sūháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊ , ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàng yǒu tiantáng, sià yǒu Suháng
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴ yu³ tʻien¹-tʻang², hsia⁴ yu³ Su¹-hang²
    • Yale: shàng yǒu tyān-táng-, syà yǒu Sū-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq yeou tiantarng, shiah yeou Suharng
    • Palladius: шан ю тяньтан, ся ю Сухан (šan ju tjanʹtan, sja ju Suxan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ jau⁵ tin¹ tong⁴, haa⁶ jau⁵ sou¹ hong⁴
    • Yale: seuhng yáuh tīn tòhng, hah yáuh sōu hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jau⁵ tin¹ tong⁴, haa⁶ jau⁵ sou¹ hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yeo⁵ tin¹ tong⁴, ha⁶ yeo⁵ sou¹ hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐu̯¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ sou̯⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²¹/

Proverb

1. There is heaven above and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below. This phrase praises the virtues of these two cities in respectively Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.