東西南北

See also: 东西南北

Chinese

		east and west; nearby; vicinity	north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span
trad. (東西南北)		東西	南北
simp. (东西南北)		东西	南北
anagrams		東南西北／东南西北 南北東西／南北东西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngxīnánběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tûng-sî-nàm-pet

  (Hailu, HRS): dung^ˋ si^ˋ nam bed

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngxīnánběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongsinánběi
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-hsi¹-nan²-pei³
    • Yale: dūng-syī-nán-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshinanbeei
    • Palladius: дунсинаньбэй (dunsinanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: dūng sāi nàahm bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ sai¹ naam⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ sei¹ nam⁴ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-sî-nàm-pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung^ˊ xi^ˊ nam^ˇ bed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ xi¹ nam² bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ nam¹¹ pet̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung^ˋ si^ˋ nam bed
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ⁵³ si⁵³ nam⁵⁵ pet⁵/

Idiom

東西南北

1. east, west, south and north; everywhere; all corners of the world

Derived terms

• 不問東西南北／不问东西南北
• 東西南北人／东西南北人
• 東西南北客／东西南北客

 

See also

• 東西南北中／东西南北中 (dōngxīnánběizhōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	西	南	北
とう Grade: 2	さい > ざい Grade: 2	なん Grade: 2	ほく > ぼく Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 東西南北, from 東西 (“east and west”) +‎ 南北 (“north and south”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーざいなんぼく [tòózáí náꜜǹbòkù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːza̠i nã̠mbo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

東(とう)西(ざい)南(なん)北(ぼく) • (tōzai nanboku) 

1. (literal) east, west, south and north
2. (figurative) everywhere; all directions

See also

• 西(せい)南(なん) (seinan)