五湖四海

Chinese

	Five Lakes	the four seas; the world; the whole world the four seas; the world; the whole world; generous; magnanimous
trad. (五湖四海)	五湖	四海
simp. ^#(五湖四海)	五湖	四海
alternative forms	四海五湖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wǔhúsìhǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu³ hu² si⁴ hai³
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pfs=ńg-fù-si-hói
Eastern Min (BUC): ngū-*hù-*sé̤ṳ-*hāi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-ô͘-sù-hái

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² hu⁵ si³ hai²
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u³ fu² sr⁴ hai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔhúsìhǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔhúsìhhǎi
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-hu²-ssŭ⁴-hai³
  - Yale: wǔ-hú-sz̀-hǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuhwusyhhae
  - Palladius: ухусыхай (uxusyxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wu³ hu² si⁴ hai³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uxusxaai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵³ xu²¹ sz̩²¹³ xai⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
  - Yale: ńgh wùh sei hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴ sei³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴ séi³ hoi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹ sei̯³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pfs=ńg-fù-si-hói
  - Hakka Romanization System: bfs=ng^ˋ fu^ˇ xi hoi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bfs=ng³ fu² xi⁴ hoi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pfs=ŋ³¹ fu¹¹ si⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngū-*hù-*sé̤ṳ-*hāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu³³⁻²¹ hu⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ sy²¹³⁻⁵³ hai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-ô͘-sù-hái
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo-ôo-sù-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofosuo'hae
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²⁴ su¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²³ su²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ²⁴ su²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngou² hu⁵ si³ hai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu hû sì hái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai⁵²⁻²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: u³ fu² sr⁴ hai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴¹ ɸu¹³ sz̩⁴⁵ xai̯⁴¹/

Idiom

五湖四海

all regions; all corners of the country or world; all places