湖廣熟，天下足

Chinese

		Hunan and Hubei; Huguang province	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	foot; to be sufficient
trad. (湖廣熟，天下足)		湖廣	熟	，	天下	足
simp. (湖广熟，天下足)		湖广	熟	，	天下	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Húguǎng shú, tiānxià zú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄨˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ gwong² suk⁶, tin¹ haa⁶ zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Húguǎng shú, tiānxià zú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄕㄨˊ , ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Húguǎng shú, tiansià zú
    • Wade–Giles: Hu²-kuang³ shu², tʻien¹-hsia⁴ tsu²
    • Yale: Hú-gwǎng shú-, tyān-syà dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwugoang shwu, tianshiah tzwu
    • Palladius: Хугуан шу, тянься цзу (Xuguan šu, tjanʹsja czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ gwong² suk⁶, tin¹ haa⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: wùh gwóng suhk, tīn hah jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gwong² suk⁹, tin¹ haa⁶ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ guong² sug⁶, tin¹ ha⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kʷɔːŋ³⁵ sʊk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Proverb

湖廣熟，天下足

1. Used to refer to the fertility of land in Hunan and Hubei.