百川歸海
Chinese
rivers, lakes and marshes | to go back; to return | ocean; sea | ||
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trad. (百川歸海) | 百川 | 歸 | 海 | |
simp. (百川归海) | 百川 | 归 | 海 | |
Literally: “all rivers flow to the sea”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎichuan gueihǎi
- Wade–Giles: pai3-chʻuan1 kuei1-hai3
- Yale: bǎi-chwān gwēi-hǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baechuan gueihae
- Palladius: байчуань гуйхай (bajčuanʹ gujxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak3 cyun1 gwai1 hoi2
- Yale: baak chyūn gwāi hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak8 tsyn1 gwai1 hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bag3 qun1 guei1 hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 百川歸海