人山人海
Chinese
| people | mountain | people | sea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (人山人海) |
人 | 山 | 人 | 海 | |
Etymology
A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain (山 (shān)) of people (人 (rén)), a sea (海 (hǎi)) of people (人 (rén))".
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): rénshānrénhǎi
- (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-san-lîn-hái / jîn-san-jîn-hái
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rénshānrénhǎi
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rénshanrénhǎi
- Wade–Giles: jên2-shan1-jên2-hai3
- Yale: rén-shān-rén-hǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanrenhae
- Palladius: жэньшаньжэньхай (žɛnʹšanʹžɛnʹxaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2
- Yale: yàhn sāan yàhn hói
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 saan1 jan4 hoi2
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 san1 yen4 hoi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
- Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ sanˊ nginˇ hoiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngin2 san1 ngin2 hoi3
- Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ san²⁴ ŋin¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: ngin2 san1 ngin2 hoi3
- Sinological IPA: /ŋin¹¹ san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋin¹¹ hoɪ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-san-lîn-hái
- Tâi-lô: lîn-san-lîn-hái
- Phofsit Daibuun: linsanlinhae
- IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² hai⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-san-jîn-hái
- Tâi-lô: jîn-san-jîn-hái
- Phofsit Daibuun: jinsanjinhae
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zin²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ hai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
人山人海
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
- 人海 (rénhǎi)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | 山 | 人 | 海 |
Noun
人山人海 • (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)