大江南北

Chinese

		big river; large river; , the Yangtze River	north and south; distance from north to south; latitude span
trad. (大江南北)		大江	南北
simp. #(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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiāngnánběi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàjiangnánběi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chiang¹-nan²-pei³
    • Yale: dà-jyāng-nán-běi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiangnanbeei
    • Palladius: дацзяннаньбэй (daczjannanʹbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nän³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak¹
    • Yale: daaih gōng nàahm bāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gong¹ naam⁴ bak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gong¹ nam⁴ beg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵ naːm²¹ pɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

大江南北

1. (figurative) all of China