萬水千山

See also: 万水千山

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	water; river	thousand	mountain; hill
trad. (萬水千山)		萬	水	千	山
simp. (万水千山)		万	水	千	山
anagram		千山萬水／千山万水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànshuǐqiānshān

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-súi-chhiên-sân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànshuǐqiānshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànshuěicianshan
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-shui³-chʻien¹-shan¹
  - Yale: wàn-shwěi-chyān-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshoeichianshan
  - Palladius: ваньшуйцяньшань (vanʹšujcjanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
  - Yale: maahn séui chīn sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ soey² tsin¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ sêu² qin¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-súi-chhiên-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: van sui^ˋ qien^ˊ san^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ sui³ qian¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/

Idiom

萬水千山

alternative form of 千山萬水 / 千山万水 (qiānshānwànshuǐ, “many rivers and mountains; distant, dangerous and difficult path”)
- 紅軍不怕遠征難，
  萬水千山只等閒。 [MSC, trad.]
  红军不怕远征难，
  万水千山只等闲。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1935 Oct, Mao Zedong,《七律·長征》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Hóngjūn bùpà yuǎnzhēng nán,
  Wànshuǐqiānshān zhǐ děngxián. [Pinyin]
  Of the trying Long March the Red Army makes light:
  Thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight.