千山萬水
See also: 千山万水
Chinese
thousand | mountain; hill | ten thousand; a great number; surname | water; river | ||
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trad. (千山萬水) | 千 | 山 | 萬 | 水 | |
simp. (千山万水) | 千 | 山 | 万 | 水 | |
alternative forms | 萬水千山/万水千山 | ||||
anagram | 萬水千山/万水千山 | ||||
Literally: “one thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cianshanwànshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-shan1-wan4-shui3
- Yale: chyān-shān-wàn-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshanwannshoei
- Palladius: цяньшаньваньшуй (cjanʹšanʹvanʹšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin1 saan1 maan6 seoi2
- Yale: chīn sāan maahn séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin1 saan1 maan6 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: qin1 san1 man6 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ maːn²² sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-sân-van-súi
- Hakka Romanization System: qienˊ sanˊ van suiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qian1 san1 van4 sui3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 千山萬水
- many rivers and mountains
- 2000 January 1, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “方向 [Direction]”, in 那一年 [In that Year], performed by Xu Wei:
- 化作為你盛開的夕陽/越過遙遠的千山萬水/來到你寂寞的陽台/溫暖你疼痛的心 [MSC, trad.]
- Huàzuò wèi nǐ shèngkāi de xīyáng / Yuèguò yáoyuǎn de qiānshānwànshuǐ / Láidào nǐ jìmò de yángtái / Wēnnuǎn nǐ téngtòng de xīn [Pinyin]
- [I] will become the energetic setting sun for you / And cross so many rivers and mountains / In order to arrive at your silent veranda / And comfort your sad heart
化作为你盛开的夕阳/越过遥远的千山万水/来到你寂寞的阳台/温暖你疼痛的心 [MSC, simp.]
- distant, dangerous and difficult path
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