山高皇帝遠

Chinese

		mountain; hill	high; tall	emperor; the Emperor	far; distant; remote
trad. (山高皇帝遠)		山	高	皇帝	遠
simp. (山高皇帝远)		山	高	皇帝	远
Literally: “the mountains are high, and the emperor is far away”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān gāo huángdì yuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ gou¹ wong⁴ dai³ jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān gāo huángdì yuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan gao huángdì yuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹ kao¹ huang²-ti⁴ yüan³
    • Yale: shān gāu hwáng-dì ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan gau hwangdih yeuan
    • Palladius: шань гао хуанди юань (šanʹ gao xuandi juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ gou¹ wong⁴ dai³ jyun⁵
    • Yale: sāan gōu wòhng dai yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ gou¹ wong⁴ dai³ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ gou¹ wong⁴ dei³ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³ jyːn¹³/

Idiom

山高皇帝遠

1. the law of the land is not enforced here; the central authorities fail to reach this area

See also

• 天高皇帝遠／天高皇帝远 (tiān gāo huángdì yuǎn)