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哀鴻遍野

哀鴻遍野

See also: 哀鸿遍野

Chinese

			to blanket the countryside
trad. (哀鴻遍野)		哀鴻	遍野
simp. (哀鸿遍野)		哀鸿	遍野
Literally: “plaintive whine of geese”.

Idiom

哀鴻遍野

a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): āihóng biànyě

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: āihóng biànyě
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aihongr biannyiee
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
  - Yale: ōi hùhng pin yéh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ hung⁴ pin³ je⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ pʰiːn³³ jɛː¹³/