漂洋過海

Chinese

		to cross the ocean; to travel overseas	to cross the sea; to go abroad; to go overseas
trad. (漂洋過海)		漂洋	過海
simp. (漂洋过海)		漂洋	过海
alternative forms		飄洋過海／飘洋过海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāoyángguòhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phêu-yòng-ko-hói
• Eastern Min (BUC): piĕu-iòng-guó-hāi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phiau-iûⁿ-kòe-hái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): piou¹ iên⁵ guê³ hai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāoyángguòhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piaoyángguòhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹-yang²-kuo⁴-hai³
    • Yale: pyāu-yáng-gwò-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piauyangguohhae
    • Palladius: пяоянгохай (pjaojangoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
    • Yale: pīu yèuhng gwo hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹ joeng⁴ gwo³ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹ yêng⁴ guo³ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ kʷɔː³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phêu-yòng-ko-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: peu´ iongˇ go hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: peu<sup>1</sup> yong<sup>2</sup> go<sup>4</sup> hoi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹ ko⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phêu-yòng-ko-hói
    • Hakka Romanization System: peu´ (r)iongˇ go hoi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: peu¹ yong² go⁴ hoi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹ ko⁵⁵ hoi̯³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕu-iòng-guó-hāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵⁵ yoŋ⁵³⁽⁻²¹⁾ ^(k-)ŋuo²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiau-iûⁿ-kòe-hái
    • Tâi-lô: phiau-iûnn-kuè-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiau'viu'koea'hae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³⁻³³ kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: piou¹ iên⁵ guê³ hai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiou iêⁿ kuè hái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiou³³⁻²³ ĩẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hai⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

漂洋過海

1. to sail across the sea to a foreign land; to travel across the sea; to go abroad