大江南北

大江南北

Chinese

		big river; large river; the Yangtze River	north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span
simp. and trad. (大江南北)		大江	南北
Literally: “north and south sides of the great (Yangtze) river”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàjiāngnánběi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàjiāngnánběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiangnanbeei
    • IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: daaih gōng nàahm bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gong¹ nam⁴ beg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵ näːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

大江南北

1. (figuratively) all of China