海枯石爛

Chinese

		ocean; sea	withered; dried up	rock; stone; 10 pecks	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (海枯石爛)		海	枯	石	爛
simp. (海枯石烂)		海	枯	石	烂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎikūshílàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨ ㄕˊ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² fu¹ sek⁶ laan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikūshílàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨ ㄕˊ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎikushíhlàn
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kʻu¹-shih²-lan⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-kū-shŕ-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haekushyrlann
    • Palladius: хайкушилань (xajkušilanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² fu¹ sek⁶ laan⁶
    • Yale: hói fū sehk laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² fu¹ sek⁹ laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² fu¹ ség⁶ lan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵ sɛːk̚² laːn²²/

Idiom

海枯石爛

1. end of the world

Usage notes

Usually used in romantic contexts.