萬水千山

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

Etymology

Literally: ten thousand rivers and one thousand mountains

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànshuǐqiānshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-súi-chhiên-sân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wànshuǐqiānshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshoeichianshan
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ seoi² cin¹ saan¹
    • Yale: maahn séui chīn sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ soey² tsin¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ sêu² qin¹ san¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-súi-chhiên-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: van sui` qien´ san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ sui³ qian¹ san¹
    • IPA: /van⁵⁵ su̯i³¹ t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/

Idiom

萬水千山

1. the trials of a long journey

Related terms

• 千山萬水／千山万水 (qiānshānwànshuǐ)