東南西北

Chinese

		east	south	west	north
trad. (東南西北)		東	南	西	北
simp. (东南西北)		东	南	西	北
anagrams		東西南北／东西南北 南北東西／南北东西

東南西北 (2)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngnánxīběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ naam⁴ sai¹ bak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tang-lâm-sai-pak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngnánxīběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongnánsiběi
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-nan²-hsi¹-pei³
    • Yale: dūng-nán-syī-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongnanshibeei
    • Palladius: дуннаньсибэй (dunnanʹsibɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ naam⁴ sai¹ bak¹
    • Yale: dūng nàahm sāi bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ naam⁴ sai¹ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ nam⁴ sei¹ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ naːm²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-lâm-sai-pak
    • Tâi-lô: tang-lâm-sai-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: danglamsai'pag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam²⁴⁻²² sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ lam²⁴⁻²² sai³³ pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lam¹³⁻²² sai⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lam²³⁻³³ sai⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²/

Noun

東南西北

1. (literally) east, south, west and north
2. cootie catcher

Derived terms

• 不知東南西北／不知东南西北

 

See also

• 東西南北／东西南北 (dōngxīnánběi)