天下烏鴉一般黑

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	crow; raven	general; generic; typical general; generic; typical; so-so; average	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (天下烏鴉一般黑)		天下	烏鴉	一般	黑
simp. (天下乌鸦一般黑)		天下	乌鸦	一般	黑
Literally: “crows in the world are all black”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānxià wūyā yībān hēi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄧㄚㄧㄅㄢㄏㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat¹ bun¹ hak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxià wūyā yībān hēi [Phonetic: tiānxià wūyā yìbān hēi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄧㄚㄧㄅㄢㄏㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiansià wuya yiban hei
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴ wu¹-ya¹ i¹-pan¹ hei¹
  - Yale: tyān-syà wū-yā yī-bān hēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah uia iban hei
  - Palladius: тянься уя ибань хэй (tjanʹsja uja ibanʹ xɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ u⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pän⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat¹ bun¹ hak¹
  - Yale: tīn hah wū ā yāt būn hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ haa⁶ wu¹ aa¹ jat⁷ bun¹ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ha⁶ wu¹ a¹ yed¹ bun¹ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² wuː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ puːn⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵/

Proverb

天下烏鴉一般黑

bad people or things are similar everywhere

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 天下烏鴉一樣黑／天下乌鸦一样黑