海闊天空

See also: 海阔天空

Chinese

		ocean; sea	rich; wide; broad	day; sky; heaven	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (海闊天空)		海	闊	天	空
simp. (海阔天空)		海	阔	天	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎikuòtiānkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎikuòtiānkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎikuòtiankong
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-kʻuo⁴-tʻien¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: hǎi-kwò-tyān-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haekuohtiankong
    • Palladius: хайкотянькун (xajkotjanʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² fut³ tin¹ hung¹
    • Yale: hói fut tīn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² fut⁸ tin¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² fud³ tin¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ fuːt̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 海闊天空

1. as boundless as the sea and sky
2. unrestrained and far-ranging
3. straying from the subject; discursive