五方雜處

Chinese

		the five positions	to live in the same area
trad. (五方雜處)		五方	雜處
simp. (五方杂处)		五方	杂处

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔfāngzáchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄈㄤㄗㄚˊ ㄔㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔfāngzáchǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄈㄤㄗㄚˊ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔfangzáchǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-fang¹-tsa²-chʻu³
  - Yale: wǔ-fāng-dzá-chǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuufangtzarchuu
  - Palladius: уфанцзачу (ufanczaču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

五方雜處

to be inhabited by people from many places
- 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 67:
  
  我們上海本是一個極純樸的地方，自通商之後，五方雜處，壞人日見其多了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  我们上海本是一个极纯朴的地方，自通商之后，五方杂处，坏人日见其多了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Wǒmen Shànghǎi běn shì yī ge jí chúnpǔ de dìfāng, zì tōngshāng zhīhòu, wǔfāngzáchǔ, huàirén rìjiàn qí duō le. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)