人山人海

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) of people (人), a sea (海) of people (人)".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshānrénhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
• Min Nan (POJ): lîn-san-lîn-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénshānrénhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshanrenhae
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
    • Yale: yàhn sāan yàhn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ saan¹ jan⁴ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ san¹ yen⁴ hoi²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ säːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ hɔːy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sân-ngìn-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ san´ nginˇ hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² san¹ ngin² hoi³
    • IPA: /ɲin¹¹ san²⁴ ɲin¹¹ hoi̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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 haɪ⁵³/

Idiom

人山人海

1. very crowded or congested (with people)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人山人海):

• → Korean: 인산인해 (人山人海, insaninhae)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	山	人	海

Noun

人山人海 • (insaninhae) (hangeul 인산인해)

1. Hanja form^? of 인산인해 (“(figuratively) a great crowd of people”).