餓殍遍野
Chinese
| to blanket the countryside | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (餓殍遍野) | 餓殍 | 遍野 | |
| simp. (饿殍遍野) | 饿殍 | 遍野 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: èpiǎobiànyě
- Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄆㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: èpiǎobiànyě
- Wade–Giles: o4-pʻiao3-pien4-yeh3
- Yale: è-pyǎu-byàn-yě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehpeaubiannyee
- Palladius: эпяобянье (epjaobjanʹje)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngo6 piu5 pin3 je5
- Yale: ngoh píuh pin yéh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngo6 piu5 pin3 je5
- Guangdong Romanization: ngo6 piu5 pin3 yé5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɔː²² pʰiːu̯¹³ pʰiːn³³ jɛː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
餓殍遍野
- strewn with corpses of victims of starvation