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四海一家
四海一家
Chinese
the
world
entire
family
simp.
and
trad.
(
四海一家
)
四海
一家
Idiom
四海一家
the world is a big family
Etymology
四海
("
four
seas
") In Ancient China, it was thought that China was surrounded by ocean on all four sides. Eventually, this phrase came to mean "all four directions" or "
everywhere
."
一家
("
one
family
")
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
sìhǎi yījiā
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sei
3
hoi
2
jat
1
gaa
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
sìhǎi yījiā [Phonetic: sìhǎi
yì
jiā]
Zhuyin
:
ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
syhhae ijia
IPA
(key)
:
/sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
sei
3
hoi
2
jat
1
gaa
1
Yale
:
sei hói y
ā
t g
ā
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sei
3
hoi
2
jat
7
gaa
1
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sei̯³³ hɔːi̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɑː
⁵⁵
/
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